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Richard Benzie Thomas Poy

RE: ACTION: MDEQ request for technical assistance

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Liane/Richard: Dan Wyant and Susan Hedman spoke yesterday and Dan asked that ORD be put in contact with MDEQ. Mike Schock and Darren Lytle are already on the Technical Advisory Committee along with Mike Pryzby. But it looks like they want the technical experts to talk. Should it just be Mike, Darren and Mike? Or should Steve Busch and others be included too? | will provide Mike and Darren with contact info and ask that they talk prior to the TAC meeting on Oct 7th. Tom Tom Poy Chief, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch USEPA - Region 5 (312) 886-5991

FW: ACTION: MDEQ request for technical assistance

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Liane/Richard: Dan Wyant and Susan Hedman spoke yesterday and Dan asked that ORD be put in contact with MDEQ. Mike Schock and Darren Lytle are already on the Technical Advisory Committee along with Mike Pryzby. But it looks like they want the technical experts to talk. Should it just be Mike, Darren and Mike? Or should Steve Busch and others be included too? I will provide Mike and Darren with contact info and ask that they talk prior to the TAC meeting on Oct 7th. Tom Tom Poy Chief, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch USEPA - Region 5 (312) 886-5991

FW: ACTION: MDEQ request for technical assistance

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Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 9:55:45 AM Liane/Richard: Dan Wyant and Susan Hedman spoke yesterday and Dan asked that ORD be put in contact with MDEQ. Mike Schock and Darren Lytle are already on the Technical Advisory Committee along with Mike Pryzby. But it looks like they want the technical experts to talk. Should it just be Mike, Darren and Mike? Or should Steve Busch and others be included too? I will provide Mike and Darren with contact info and ask that they talk prior to the TAC meeting on Oct 7th. Tom Tom Poy Chief, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch USEPA - Region 5 (312) 886-5991 -----Original Message-----

FW: ACTION: MDEQ request for technical assistance

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Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 9:55:46 AM Liane/Richard: Dan Wyant and Susan Hedman spoke yesterday and Dan asked that ORD be put in contact with MDEQ. Mike Schock and Darren Lytle are already on the Technical Advisory Committee along with Mike Pryzby. But it looks like they want the technical experts to talk. Should it just be Mike, Darren and Mike? Or should Steve Busch and others be included too? I will provide Mike and Darren with contact info and ask that they talk prior to the TAC meeting on Oct 7th. Tom Tom Poy Chief, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch USEPA - Region 5 (312) 886-5991 -----Original Message-----

Flint Sample Results

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Date: Thursday, September 17, 2015 3:51:31 PM Liane/Richard: Can you please send me copies of Flint’s lead compliance monitoring sampling results for 2014? I’ve got the January — June 2015 sample results from you last week. | want to take a look at the results and the locations. Thanks. Tom Tom Poy Chief, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch USEPA - Region 5 (312) 886-5991 xxxEND_PAGE:deq03_b076_0089_0089_1

Flint Sample Results

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Date: Thursday, September 17, 2015 3:51:30 PM Liane/Richard: Can you please send me copies of Flint’s lead compliance monitoring sampling results for 2014? I’ve got the January — June 2015 sample results from you last week. | want to take a look at the results and the locations. Thanks. Tom Tom Poy Chief, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch USEPA - Region 5 (312) 886-5991 xxxEND_PAGE:deq01_b076_3620_3620_1

Flint Sample Results

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Liane/Richard: Can you please send me copies of Flint's lead compliance monitoring sampling results for 2014? I’ve got the January — June 2015 sample results from you last week. | want to take a look at the results and the locations. Thanks. Tom Tom Poy Chief, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch USEPA - Region 5 ; (312) 886-5991 xxxEND_PAGE:deq04_b021_1427_1582_043 Shekter Smith, Liane (DEQ)

Draft Response

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Liane: Here is my draft response that | sent up the mgmt chain. As | mentioned on the call, it will likely be edited down as the RA likes one page responses. : Tom Tom Poy Chief, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch USEPA - Region 5 (312) 886-5991 xxxEND_PAGE:deq25_b075_0798_0976_011 The Honorable Daniel Kildee Member, U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515-1313 Dear Congressman Kildee: Thank you for your September 9, 2015 letter rega June 24, 2015 U. 8. Environmental Protection Agericy to Thomas Poy. EPA shares your concern about the q focus has been to work with the Michigan Department of the City of Flint so they can provide cle: Mr. Del Toral’s June 24, 2015 internal mei to a Flint resident’s request for help with hi Flint’s drinking water was sent to Mr. Poy. I xpressing his concerns about ments in the memorandum EPA sample results rounds of compliance centrations low the lead action level. The round of samples taken from July A 490" percentile value of 6 ug/L. The last round of samples taken 15 had a 90" percentile value of 11 ug/L. Public notice is provided Even if public notice is not required, the LCR requires that homeowners whose water was sampled for lead by the water system receive a copy of their individual lead results, including an explanation of health effects and steps the consumer can take to reduce lead exposure from drinking water. EPA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believe there is no safe level of lead exposure. Lead is harmful to health, especially for children. While paint, dust, and soil are the most common sources of lead, drinking water can contribute 20 to 40 percent of an xxxEND_PAGE:deq25_b075_0798_0976_012 infant's lead exposure. Lead is typically not found in a utility’s source water. It comes from pipes and fixtures, some of which is the owned by the homeowner. Therefore, it is difficult to say with certainty what the lead levels are in each home. The goal is to remove as much lead

Clarification

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Date: Friday, September 11, 2015 10:20:54 AM Just to clarify; on our call, | wanted to remind you that Miguel.s report had DEQ cc.d. So if the Legislature or who ever might say you all were cc.d, you can truthfully respond that it was EPA.s request that the report not be sent to the cc.s. Consequently, you all never received the report from Miguel. Good to talk with you all. Jennifer xxxEND_PAGE:deq02_b017_2071_2071_1

Clarification

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Just to clarify; on our call, | wanted to remind you that Miguel.s report had DEQ cc.d. So if the Legislature or who ever might say you all were cc.d, you can truthfully respond that it was EPA.s request that the report not be sent to the cc.s. Consequently, you all never received the report from Miguel. Good to talk with you all. Jennifer xxxEND_PAGE:deq25_b075_0798_0976_025 Rennaker, Joanne (DEQ)

RE: Flint Pb&Cu Results

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| don’t think the addresses were redacted. Almost 25 years ago, we received an Attorney General's opinion that was issued in response to a FOIA request from the media for lead results from Flint that said we could withhold the addresses, However, | believe we have since determined we do not have that authority. But { will have to ask the Lansing district staff to weigh in on this matter. Steve and Adam, did we redact addresses for this FOIA?

RE: Flint Pb&Cu Results

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Richard: Thank you for the analytical results. Were the addresses redacted before sending to the ACLU in response to their FOIA? I’m not comfortable sending addresses out, even if it is to a Congressman, so we are going to tell Congressman Kildee that he needs to call MDEQ’s Congressional Liaison to get the results. Tom Tom Poy Chief, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch USEPA - Region 5 (312) 886-5991

RE: Flint Pb&Cu Results

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Date: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 3:41:14 PM Richard: Thank you for the analytical results. Were the addresses redacted before sending to the ACLU in response to their FOIA? I’m not comfortable sending addresses out, even if it is to a Congressman, so we are going to tell Congressman Kildee that he needs to call MDEQ’s Congressional Liaison to get the results. Tom Tom Poy Chief, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch USEPA - Region 5 (312) 886-5991

Flint Po&Cu Results

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Tom, Here are the scanned analytical results from the latest round of compliance monitoring (January 1 — June 30, 2015) conducted in Flint. They were scanned for the purpose of responding to a Freedom of Information Act request. | believe you already have a copy of the correspondence from our Lansing District Office notifying the city of Flint of the compliance determination that was based on these results. If you need more information, contact Adam Rosenthal. Richard Richard Benzie, P.E., Chief Field Operations Section Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance, MDEQ 517-284-6512 xxxEND_PAGE:deq21_b564_1597_1597_1

Flint Po&Cu Results

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Tom, Here are the scanned analytical results from the latest round of compliance monitoring (January 1— June 30, 2015) conducted in Flint. They were scanned for the purpose of responding to a Freedom of Information Act request. | believe you already have a copy of the correspondence from our Lansing District Office notifying the city of Flint of the compliance determination that was based on these results. lf you need more information, contact Adam Rosenthal. Richard Richard Benzie, P.E., Chief Field Operations Section Office of Drinking Water and Municipa! Assistance, MDEQ 517-284-6512 xxxEND_PAGE:deq25_b075_0798_0976_170 Rennaker, Joanne (DEQ)

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