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Richard, Thanks for the clarifications you sent along. Since Mike will be out this week, | will take a crack at asking some follow-questions to get a better handle on things. (1} How many samples, at each of the 17 facilities you originally requested, were you hoping to have analyzed for the list of various emerging contaminants you had provided in your request? A single sample at each facility ... for a total of 17 samples in 2013? (2) in your 3" paragraph below you stated the following: “The analyses could be conducted by the state laboratory where possible (drinking water or environmental lab} or at a properly cartified/acceptable contract laboratory if the program’, you meant the WRD’s Surface Water Assessment Saction, of which Mike is one of the unit chiefs, correct? It seems obvious, but | just wanted to make sure. (i have attached your original request for in case you want to reference it.) Thanks, Jeff Jeff Varricchione, Aquatic Biologist Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Water Resources Division Surface Water Assessment Section (SWAS) 525 West Allegan St; P.O. Box 30458 Lansing, Ml 48909-7958 phone: (617) 373-7066 email: varriechionei@michigan gov

Mike, xxxEND_PAGE:deq26_b017_0316_0317_1 The systems identified in the request 1 submitted are all surface water systems, and as f recall, all except Ann Arbor are located in or near the basins/watersheds targeted for monitoring by WROD in the next year. My plan was for the samples to be collected frorn the tan{s} the drinking water treatment plants (WTP) currently use for raw water sampling. Many WTPs have a sarnoling tap that runs from their intake to their low service pumping station or even into thelr laboratory raking the sample collection easy. lenvisioned staff at the WTP collecting most if not all of the samples and shipping them to the appropriate laboratory. The analyses could be conducted by the state laboratory where possible (drinking water or environmental jab) or at a properly certified/acceptable contract laboratory if the state lab is unable ta perform the analysis, with this program funding that service (shipping and analyses}. Goes that answer your questions? fam here teday and Tuesday, then out until April 11. Richard Banzie, PL. Community Drinking Water Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance, DEC SLY-244-L245

Hi Richard, | had a few questions regarding the targeted monitoring request you sent last fall. You are looking for surface water samples at drinking water intakes throughout the state, correct? Just to be clear are you asking Water Resources Division (WRD) to collect and analyze these samples, just collect the samples and ODWMA would conduct the analysis or for WRD to run the analysis for samples collect by your staff or possibly the drinking water facilitates? It appears as though many of the drinking water intakes are out in the Great Lakes, which will take a significant amount of resources to collect the sample from the vicinity of the intake. Would it be possible for the drinking water facility to collect a sample and ship it to our lab? We are just trying to get our filed work planned for the upcoming year and we want to better understand your request. |’ll be out of the office next week, so if you would like to discuss this further, please contact Jeff Varricchione a call at 373-7066 if you have any questions. Talk with you soon. Mike Michael Alexander, Chief Lakes Erie, Huron and Superior Unit Surface Water Assessment Section Water Resources Division Department of Environmental Quality Office Phone 517-335-4189 alexancernz2gimichigan gov xxxEND_PAGE:deq26_b017_0316_0317_2