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Date: Monday, November 30, 2015 4:17:01 PM

Mr. VanDeventer called me this afternoon and indicated they are looking for LCR related information, so the first bulleted item in their FOIA requests can be considered to be with respect to LCR documents just like the second and third bullet. He also indicated that his use of the phrase, “water testing standards and protocols used to test the community water supply...” was referring to the analytical procedures. | suggested he contact the state laboratory to get the information about the analytical procedures they use for analyzing lead. | said that some of these large systems may also use another certified laboratory, and he would have to contact those laboratories should he want that information. He mentioned that some district staff had informed him there may be a central repository for this information. 90" percentile calculations since 2011 are stored in SDWIS, but individual lead results are not. As the Grand Rapids district first noted, these requests do not specifically ask for actual results, but seem to be more aimed at the implementation of the LCR. | would assume any compliance determination correspondence since January of 2011 would be included. If actual results have been included with correspondence that fits the request, so be it. Please proceed to fill these FOIA requests. Richard Richard Benzie, P.E., Chief xxxEND_PAGE:deq04_b190_3412_3416_1 Field Operations Section Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance, MDEQ 517-284-6512

FYI. If | don’t here from the requestor by Monday, we will fill this request on the assumption that they are interested in the lead and copper monitoring program. Richard Benzie, P.E., Chief Field Operations Section Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance, MDEQ 517-284-6512

| left another voicemail message earlier today and have just now sent this email hoping to get a response by the end of the week.

FYI. We can discuss this matter further at our upcoming FOS Managers meeting. Richard Benzie, P.E., Chief Field Operations Section Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance, MDEQ 517-284-6512

FYI —| left a voicemail message and am awaiting a return call.

After discussing this matter with Kris Philip and others here in Lansing, | am planning to call Farough & Associates tomorrow to see if they will clarify their request. For those of you that have received this request for a water system in your district, we want to respond consistently. We need to know if they are primarily interested in LCR information, or are they requesting additional compliance data. A broad interpretation of their first bullet could imply they are looking for all correspondence related to compliance with the public water supply program and Act 399. We would also like to know what they mean by “water testing standards and protocols.” Is it just water testing protocols, or is it protocols for the PWSS program in general? | will let you know as soon as | get a response.

Just a quick heads up that we are arranging a brown bag session for ODWMA employees in an attempt to explain what is happening with Flint. | know it is short notice, but we have reserved the ConCon Room for Thursday at 11:00 AM. We will provide a call-in option for district offices. Hopefully, at least some staff from each district will participate and fill in those who cannot alter their schedules on short notice. More details about the call-in number will follow as we confirm arrangements and/or they become available. | wanted you to know as soon as we were able to reserve a room. Richard xxxEND_PAGE:deq26_b044_0520_0520_1

Date: Thursday, October 01, 2015 6:57:00 PM FY| —This is where we will be Friday afternoon.

FYI This is where we will be Friday afternoon.

Attached is some additional information regarding what plumbing appurtenances, fixtures, appliances, etc. would pose potential risk for harboring legionella. Stephen Busch, P.E. ‘ Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance © MDEQ 517-643-2314 1 :

Premise plumning.msq > tached is some additional information regarding what plumbing appurtenances, fixtures, [5 ppliances, etc. would pose potential risk for harboring legionella. Stephen Busch, P.E. Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance DEQ 7-643-2314 wm

Here are the two separate emails that Steve sent to the hospitals in Flint that Mike and he visited recently.to discuss’ . premise plumbing issues. . Each of the émails has the 3. attachments that were mentioned in the managers meeting today. The email messages outline an approach we should-all follow for now when dealing with these facilities on this issue.

Water Safety PlanHACCP Information.msq Here are the two separate emails that Steve sent to the hospitals in Flint that Mike and he visited recently to discuss premise plumbing issues. Each of the emails has the 3 attachments that were mentioned in the managers meeting today. The email messages outline an approach we should all follow for now when dealing with these facilities on this issue.

This synthesis of state PWSS program activities can be lengthy but often has interesting tidbits. In this edition, | noted a few: e Some interesting things in both the Resources and DWSRF summary paragraphs. * Under implementation, some states noting problems arising with Stage 2 DBP monitoring results, especially in consecutive systems. « in Data Management, lots of complaining as usual. | also noted that a couple of states were moving away from EPA developed electronic sanitary survey software to a GEC developed SWIFT application. e Under Security and Data Management, one state is voicing concerns about giving any locational data to EPA that they cannot keep secure. Most states are going in the other direction — making the data more readily accessible. e Lots of Source Water stuff, including one state requiring above ground (chemical) storage tanks in Source Water Protection Areas to be registered. e Under “Hot Topics:” © Both Alabama and Florida are dealing with premise plumbing and secondary treatment system issues — Alabama issued their first construction permit to a hospital to install treatment to deter Legionella. o Severe and/or worsening drought issues in several states (you know what | tell them - come on back for a long, cool drink of water when you-all get thirsty!). o New York is developing a template for the “Value of Water” Brochure that would allow for the input of state or water system specific information. | am hoping we can utilize that brochure and/or that function in the upcoming drinking water week. o Washington state has returned to producing hard copies of their newsletter based on stakeholder feedback. Apparently, not everyone wants to use a smartphone to read their newsletters. © Wisconsin initiated a requirement for a HEAT EXCHANGE DRILLER’S LICENSE today — April 1%. No Joke. 1 xxxEND_PAGE:deq04_b077_2967_3228_001

Importance: High You grobably will get this request frorn the multl media coordinator as weil, but | think of district accomplishments as programmatic successes that should be included in the overall ODWIMA accomplishments. Sometimes these projects involve mare than district staff, Hhe aur involvement with Hint, DWSD, thelr emergency managers, the State Treasurer and the Gavernor on the KWA pipeline. Another example is the approval of and financing for the Bay Metro plant that that gets Bay City and customers out of the vulnerable lower Saginaw Bay. It was accomplished with district and Revolving Loan Section staff. 1 xxxEND_PAGE:deq21_b533_1519_1521_1 So ff you could each come up with 2 or 3 exarnples, | expect we would get half of them included for ODWMA. Mote the deadline ~ Decernber 4°.

Date: Monday, August 05, 2013 3:58:36 PM All — | recently spoke with Randall Byrne (Treasury) and agreed to try to help them with a couple of items. (Randy — sorry it’s taken me so long to get this note out). 1. Flint is considering selling the 72-inch pipeline. It was constructed in 1965 for $6.5M. How would you determine fair market price for such an item? | suggested getting quotes from a couple of contractors for what it would cost to install today and figure some kind of depreciation for a 50 year old pipeline. Other ideas? 2. Treasury is looking for contractors that could possibly operate a distribution system. Could you please provide a list of names/companies that are already doing this kind of work around the state? United Water and Earth Tech were the ones that came to mind. There must be others. Thanks much. Liane Liane J. Shekter Smith, P.E., Chief Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Michigan Department of Environmental Quality 517-373-9523 ** Effective August 12, 2013 my new number will be (517) 284-6543 xxxEND_PAGE:deq01_b026_1836_1836_1

Date: Monday, August 05, 2013 3:58:00 PM All — | recently spoke with Randall Byrne (Treasury) and agreed to try to help them with a couple of items. (Randy — sorry it’s taken me so long to get this note out). 1. Flint is considering selling the 72-inch pipeline. It was constructed in 1965 for $6.5M. How would you determine fair market price for such an item? | suggested getting quotes from a couple of contractors for what it would cost to install today and figure some kind of depreciation for a 50 year old pipeline. Other ideas? 2. Treasury is looking for contractors that could possibly operate a distribution system. Could you please provide a list of names/companies that are already doing this kind of work around the state? United Water and Earth Tech were the ones that came to mind. There must be others. Thanks much. Liane Liane J. Shekter Smith, P.E., Chief Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Michigan Department of Environmental Quality 517-373-9523 ** Effective August 12, 2013 my new number will be (517) 284-6543 xxxEND_PAGE:deq03_b017_0020_0020_1

Date: Monday, August 05, 2013 3:43:15 PM All — | recently spoke with Randall Byrne (Treasury) and agreed to try to help them with a couple of items. (Randy — sorry it’s taken me so long to get this note out). 1. Flint is considering selling the 72-inch pipeline. It was constructed in 1965 for $6.5M. How would you determine fair market price for such an item? | suggested getting quotes from a couple of contractors for what it would cost to install today and figure some kind of depreciation for a 50 year old pipeline. Other ideas? 2. Highland Park is looking at contracting out their water department for the near future. At this point, they would need a company that could manage their distribution system. Could you please provide a list of names/companies that are already doing this kind of work around the state? United Water and Earth Tech were the ones that came to mind. There must be others. Thanks much. Liane Liane J. Shekter Smith, P.E., Chief Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Michigan Department of Environmental Quality 517-373-9523 ** Effective August 12, 2013 my new number will be (517) 284-6543 xxxEND_PAGE:deq01_b025_1835_1835_1

Date: Monday, August 05, 2013 3:43:00 PM All — | recently spoke with Randall Byrne (Treasury) and agreed to try to help them with a couple of items. (Randy — sorry it’s taken me so long to get this note out). 1. Flint is considering selling the 72-inch pipeline. It was constructed in 1965 for $6.5M. How would you determine fair market price for such an item? | suggested getting quotes from a couple of contractors for what it would cost to install today and figure some kind of depreciation for a 50 year old pipeline. Other ideas? 2. Highland Park is looking at contracting out their water department for the near future. At this point, they would need a company that could manage their distribution system. Could you please provide a list of names/companies that are already doing this kind of work around the state? United Water and Earth Tech were the ones that came to mind. There must be others. Thanks much. Liane Liane J. Shekter Smith, P.E., Chief Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Michigan Department of Environmental Quality 517-373-9523 ** Effective August 12, 2013 my new number will be (517) 284-6543 xxxEND_PAGE:deq03_b016_0019_0019_1

At 1:30 today Mike Prysby and | attended an unplanned conference call between Director Wyant and Treasurer Dillon. Prior to the conference call | provided the director what ! had put together at that point (see email below). There was follow up discussion with the Director following the call and in addition to the response below he would like us to be prepared to discuss the following points: 1. 2. 3. Can we say to Treasury that KWA is a cost effective option? Can we say to Treasury that DWSD is a cost effective option? Regulatory authority to allow/prevent water system breakups and local vs. state decisions about associated costs a. Besides Benton Township and Norton Shores/Fruitport what other systems have pulled out of a regional system and what were the DW regulatory considerations? How do/can we assess the dollar value on the benefits of a DWSD Regional water system vs. the cost differential? a. Inthe TYJT report, the status quo option for Flint with DWSD vs. KWA cost estimate differential is $172 million. , What unanswered questions do we have about the DWSD options in the TYJT report? a. 8/12 Blend b. 12/8 Blend | am still planning on a ODWMA meeting/conference call tomorrow morning at 9:00 to address the above and addend any additional comments before | provide a final response to the Director Wednesday afternoon in preparation for Thursday meetings. Call me if you have any questions. Stephen Busch, P.E. Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance MDEQ 517-643-2314

Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 3:44:38 PM At 1:30 today Mike Prysby and | attended an unplanned conference call between Director Wyant and Treasurer Dillon. Prior to the conference call | provided the director what | had put together at that point (see email below). There was follow up discussion with the Director following the call and in addition to the response below he would like us to be prepared to discuss the following points: 1. Can we say to Treasury that KWA is a cost effective option? 2. Can we say to Treasury that DWSD is a cost effective option? 3. Regulatory authority to allow/prevent water system breakups and local vs. state decisions about associated costs a. Besides Benton Township and Norton Shores/Fruitport what other systems have pulled out of a regional system and what were the DW regulatory considerations? 4. How do/can we assess the dollar value on the benefits of a DWSD Regional water system vs. the cost differential? a. Inthe TYJT report, the status quo option for Flint with DWSD vs. KWA cost estimate differential is $172 million. 5. What unanswered questions do we have about the DWSD options in the TYJT report? a. 8/12 Blend b. 12/8 Blend lam still planning on a ODWMA meeting/conference call tomorrow morning at 9:00 to address the above and addend any additional comments before | provide a final response to the Director Wednesday afternoon in preparation for Thursday meetings. Call me if you have any questions. Stephen Busch, P.E. Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance MDEQ 517-643-2314

| have only been involved with two plants temporarily to permanently shutting down. When Flint was test running their plant twice per year, they would shut down temporarily for six months. Flatrock had a temporarily shut down that became permanent. Remembering these procedures, | believe you are on the right track. Definitely, remove all chemicals from lines and feeders. | would strongly recommend getting ALL the chemicals out of the treatment plant. The chlorine cylinders definitely should be relocated for the sake of security. The activated carbon and fluorosilicic acid are disasters waiting to happen. The PAC is a fire hazard. The fluorosilicic acid is a spill and bio hazard. They may want to look at how to properly dispose the chemicals. | don't think there is anybody in their right mind wanting old chemicals from the Highland Park WTP. Drain ALL the sludge and water from the sedimentation basins and sludge lines. In both of the other shut down cases, water was kept in the filters at least to the height of the top of the media. In Highland Park's situation, | say drain the filters and all associated lines in the filter gallery completely. Other major issues are the raw and finished water reservoirs. The raw is self-draining at the expense of the neighbors. The finished water reservoir may be another story. Other issues are plant security and structural stability. The scrappers and thieves would have a field day. The city may want to have the power to the plant shut off, and they may want to think about the transformers. Let's talk about the issue tomorrow and Thursday.

Date: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 7:58:38 AM Ihave only been involved with two plants temporarily to permanently shutting down. When Flint was test running their plant twice per year, they would shut down temporarily for six months. Flatrock had a temporarily shut down that became permanent. Remembering these procedures, I believe you are on the right track. Definitely, remove all chemicals from lines and feeders. I would strongly recommend getting ALL the chemicals out of the treatment plant. The chlorine cylinders definitely should be relocated for the sake of security. The activated carbon and fluorosilicic acid are disasters waiting to happen. The PAC is a fire hazard. The fluorosilicic acid is a spill and bio hazard. They may want to look at how to properly dispose the chemicals. I don't think there is anybody in their right mind wanting old chemicals from the Highland Park WTP. Drain ALL the sludge and water from the sedimentation basins and sludge lines. In both of the other shut down cases, water was kept in the filters at least to the height of the top of the media. In Highland Park's situation, I say drain the filters and all associated lines in the filter gallery completely. Other major issues are the raw and finished water reservoirs. The raw is self-draining at the expense of the neighbors. The finished water reservoir may be another story. Other issues are plant security and structural stability. The scrappers and thieves would have a field day. The city may want to have the power to the plant shut off, and they may want to think about the transformers. Let's talk about the issue tomorrow and Thursday. ----- Original Message-----

Highland Park wants to "properly" shut down their plant and keep it in reserve in the event they are able to generate enough funds to fix everything and reopen it in the future. | need to give Highland Park some recommendations on how to go about the shutdown. | was thinking dewater/dry everything out, winterize, remove chemicals, and then safely secure the property. In reality there is not much to preserve but they want to go about the shut down the right way. Has this been done before in michigan? Do you have any other Thanks! Kris xxxEND_PAGE:deq25_b248_3435_3435_1