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Importance: High FYI Stephen Busch, PE. MBEO Lansing District Coordinater Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor 527-643-2314

Date: Monday, November 30, 2015 7:49:46 PM Importance: High FYI, this afternoon | spoke with Tom Quasarano, Assistant Attorney General who advises state agencies on the FOIA. He said that we need to provide the requester with only a cost estimate by the response due date to avoid a court awarding fines/damages/fees/costs to the requester under Section 10 of the FOIA. Tom said that cost estimate would include all estimated technical and administrative staff time to review and produce the records, but the records do not first need to be reviewed by staff before an estimate is provided to the requester. That being said, please plan to provide Tamara Mankel ASAP the LDO cost estimate for any past due Flint water-related FOIA requests so she can forward it to the requester(s). In the meantime, Tom is going to provide me with language to respond to the requesters who are continually e-mailing me about the status of their FOIA requests. Thanks much! xxxEND_PAGE:deq04_b317_4493_4493_1

I scanned and e-mailed Kalamazoo's to the requester on 11/9. Thank you. Naney Linhardt [email protected] Ph. 269.567.3610 (Kalamazoo) Fax 269.567.3555 (Kalamazoo) Secretary to: Fred L. Sellers, District Supervisor Office of Waste Management and Radiological Protection Kalamazoo (and Grand Rapids) District Office(s) and Amy Lachance, District Supervisor Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Kalamazoo (and Grand Rapids) District Office(s) Dea.

Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 10:50:49 AM 0587-16 emailed 11/10/15. 0603-15 file in Lansing District Ralph E. DuMont, Secretary Department of Environmental Quality - Office of Waste Management and Radiological Protection - Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Jackson District Office 301 East Louis Glick Highway Jackson, Michigan 49201 517-780-7924 517-780-7855 (fax) [email protected]

Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 10:31:50 AM | have provided a cost estimate to Tammy for FOIA #s 601 and 613. Kim Walstrom | Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Office of Waste Management and Radiological Protection | Grand Rapids District Office Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Phone (616) 356-0290 | [email protected]

Importance: High Do any of you know the status of these FOIAs? Have you provided the information or a cost estimate to Tammy?

Flint River as a Source; Flint Water Plant Meeting Reminder; RE: flint's application for flint river withdrawals; RE: Proposed Water Monitoring - City of Flint; Re: Proposed Water Monitoring - City of Flint; Flint WTP update; Briefing -- Flint River for drinking water, Michigan; FW: KWA Rowe Engineering review; RE: ODWMA Response - Flint KWA-DWSD Report; Re: KWA and City of Flint; RE: Flint Draft Response; ODOWMA Response - Flint KWA-DWSD Report; Media Inquiry - Flint WTP Engineering; Media Contact FW: questions about Flint River; Flint River - Genesee County Park & Rec Attorney Call; RE: Media Contacts: City of Flint WTP; Media Contact - Flint WTP JoAnne, | have gone through my email and found the following records related to this FOIA request. | spent 1.5 hours to retrieve these records. | am still reviewing for any printed materials. Stephen Busch, P.E. MDEQ Lansing District Coordinator Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor 517-643-2314 xxxEND_PAGE:deq18_b169_1433_1433_1

Controlled Correspondence RE: Flint drinking water; RE: Flint Water Complaint; DRAFT Flint Controlled Correspondence; RE: Another Flint complaint; Flint, Michigan Citizen complaint - Drinking water quality and Chloride levels; RE: Flint; Controlled Correspondence from citizen in Flint; FW: Flint Water Question from a Pregnant Flint Resident; FW: Email Inquiry - Community Drinking Water Contamination Complaint Jo Anne, Attached are my email records related to Flint drinking water complaints made by citizens and business owners in Flint, MI. lam reviewing other materials. Note that these records contain personal info and some draft deliberative material that will need to be redacted or withheld. I spent 1 hour to locate these emails. Stephen Busch, P.E. MDEQ Lansing District Coordinator Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor 517-643-2314 [email protected] xxxEND_PAGE:deq18_b154_1398_1398_1

As discussed please follow the AG instructions. Stephen Busch, P.E. MDEQ Lansing District Coordinator Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor 517-643-2314 [email protected]

JoAnne, The report requested for this FOIA is in the attached email. You may want to include the email as it shows the date Mike received the report (3/27/2013). Stephen Busch, P.E. MDEQ Lansing District Coordinator Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor 517-643-2314 buschs @michigan gov xxxEND_PAGE:deq18_b151_1305_1305_1

Importance: High See below. As Kathy states you can send a summary of past time and they wall cerrect DCDS. Stephen Busch, PE. MBEO Lansing District Coordinater Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor 527-643-2314

Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 3:07:23 PM ODWMA is receiving a lot of calls with questions from Flint residents concerned about the safety of their drinking water. If you receive one of these calls, our message should be consistent — the drinking water distributed to city customers currently meets all drinking water standards and is considered safe. However, there is no safe level for lead. The fact that Flint meets the drinking water standard is based on an evaluation of the effectiveness of their treatment system to minimize lead leaching from plumbing materials. Compliance does not mean that under certain conditions that some homeowners may still have water in their domestic plumbing that has leached some lead from lead pipes or lead solder. The only way for a resident to know if they may be exposed to lead leaching from their plumbing system is having a sample from that residence analyzed for lead at a certified laboratory. The DEQ laboratory is not providing that service at no cost. The city of Flint currently is accommodating requests from residents without charging them, but the residents have to go through the city to arrange that sampling, and the city may have a backlog right now. If the caller has a result that indicates lead is present, or in the absence of a result, our advice should be to minimize any stagnation of the water before consumption, even without knowing if they have plumbing that contains lead. You could tell them they can do so by letting a faucet run for a few minutes or until the water is cooler (don’t set a time — it can be so variable) and then use it for drinking or cooking. Please be polite and empathetic if you receive one of these calls. | also want to thank you for the effort you have made to respond to this issue. It is noticed and appreciated. In recognition of your performance, | have arranged for you to receive a 2 percent merit increase starting tomorrow. Richard Richard Benzie, P.E., Chief Field Operations Section Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance, MDEQ 517-284-6512 xxxEND_PAGE:deq02_b317_3546_3546_1

ODMMA is receiving a lot of calls with questions from Flint residents concerned about the safety of their drinking water. If you receive one of these calls, our message should be consistent ~ the drinking water distributed to city customers currently meets all drinking water standards and is considered safe. However, there is no safe level for iead. The fact that Flint meets the drinking water standard is based on an evaluation of the effectiveness of their freaiment system to minimize lead leaching from plumbing materials. Cornpliance does nal mean thal under certain condifions that sore hornecwners rnay sil have water in their dornestic nlurnbing that has leached some lead from lead pipes or lead solder. The only way for a resident to know if they may be exposed to lead leaching from their plumbing systern is having 2 sample from that residence analyzed for lead at a certified laboratory. The DEG laboratory is nat crovicing that service at ne cost. The city of Flint currently is accornmodating requests frarn residents without charging them, but the residents have to go through the city to arrange that sampling, and the city may have a backlog right now. if the caller has a result that indicates lead is present, or in the absence of a resull, our advice should be ta minimize any stagnation of the water before consumption, even without knowing if they have plumbing that contains jead. ‘You could tell them they can do so by jetting a faucet run for a few minutes or until the water is cooler idor’t sel a time ~ it can be so variable) and then use it for drinking or cooking. Please be polite and empathetic if you receive one of these calls. { aiso want to thank you for the effort you have made to respond to this issue. itis noticed and appreciated. in recognition of your performance, | have arranged for you to receive a 2 percent! merit increase starting tornorraw. Richard Richard Benzie, PE, Ohief Fieid Cperations Section Office of Drinking Water anc Municipal Assistance, MOEGQ 817-284-6512 xxxEND_PAGE:deq14_b0161_0867_0867_1

Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 3:07:00 PM ODWMA is receiving a lot of calls with questions from Flint residents concerned about the safety of their drinking water. If you receive one of these calls, our message should be consistent — the drinking water distributed to city customers currently meets all drinking water standards and is considered safe. However, there is no safe level for lead. The fact that Flint meets the drinking water standard is based on an evaluation of the effectiveness of their treatment system to minimize lead leaching from plumbing materials. Compliance does not mean that under certain conditions that some homeowners may still have water in their domestic plumbing that has leached some lead from lead pipes or lead solder. The only way for a resident to know if they may be exposed to lead leaching from their plumbing system is having a sample from that residence analyzed for lead at a certified laboratory. The DEQ laboratory is not providing that service at no cost. The city of Flint currently is accommodating requests from residents without charging them, but the residents have to go through the city to arrange that sampling, and the city may have a backlog right now. If the caller has a result that indicates lead is present, or in the absence of a result, our advice should be to minimize any stagnation of the water before consumption, even without knowing if they have plumbing that contains lead. You could tell them they can do so by letting a faucet run for a few minutes or until the water is cooler (don’t set a time — it can be so variable) and then use it for drinking or cooking. Please be polite and empathetic if you receive one of these calls. | also want to thank you for the effort you have made to respond to this issue. It is noticed and appreciated. In recognition of your performance, | have arranged for you to receive a 2 percent merit increase starting tomorrow. Richard Richard Benzie, P.E., Chief Field Operations Section Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance, MDEQ 517-284-6512 xxxEND_PAGE:deq04_b403_4643_4643_1

As we discussed, yes, please e-mail the three PDF documents to him at [email protected] as | understand that ODWMA will provide the documents at no charge. FYI, | also spoke with Lori Carter of the Accounting Service Center, who told me the $50 FOIA deposit check has not yet been processed so once they receive it, she will have it returned to me to be voided and returned to Rep. Phelps. Thanks.

Good Morning Karen, Do you want me to e-mail the documents to Representative Phelps? Jo Anne Renneker Secretary Office of Waste Managernent and Radiological Protection Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assisiance 517-284-0643

FYI, Maggie Pallone previously told me that she spoke with Rep. Phelps about his attached FOIA request. He told her that he would get back with her about whether or not he wanted to cancel his request. Maggie has since contacted his office 3 additional times to follow up, but no one has contacted her. That being said, late this afternoon, Maggie said to go ahead and treat his request as a FOIA after all. In addition, today Sylvia Renteria sent his $50 FOIA good faith deposit check to the Cashier's Office to be deposited due to the year-end closing deadline to deposit checks and is having it credited to ODWMA (see attached). It turns out that the Executive Division does not have any of the requested records. However, ODWMA has three documents in the attached e-mail from Tracy Jo Devereaux that are responsive 1 xxxEND_PAGE:deq24_b157_0395_0396_1 according to my conversation today with Steve Busch, so ODVWMA will need to provide Rep. Phelps with those documents, apply the cost against the $50 check, and either have a refund issued if the total cost is less than $50 or invoice Rep. Phelps for any additional amount over $50. Please let me know if you need anything else from me. Thanks. Karen

meeting; RE: mayor walling's comment; RE: Technical Advisory Meeting; RE: Flint Corrosion Control?; Re: Flint Corrosion Control?; RE: Flint Meeting; FW: Flint Water; HIGH LEAD: FLINT Water testing Results; Re: HIGH LEAD: FLINT Water testing Results; RE: Flint Corrosion Control?; FW: Director's Office Assignment -- Flint - need update asap; Final Notes from Michigan semi-annual call on 6/10; RE: Flint Meeting; Final Notes from call Tuesday 8/31/15 with MI DEQ RE: Flint; RE: mayor walling's comment; RE: Need upate on lead / copper tests for Flint; Flint Lead Monitoring Letter Jo Anne attached are emails | have related to the referenced FOIA request based on the clarified request. I spent 1 hour of time to retrieve these documents. Stephen Busch, P.E. MDEQ Lansing District Coordinator Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor 517-643-2314 buschs @ michizan goy xxxEND_PAGE:deq18_b117_1221_1221_1

links to update flint water news; Re: Flint Citizen Sampling; Clarification ; RE: ACLU mini-documentary; Fwd: Urgent: Independent Flint Water Study; RE: AGENDA for Today's Call on Flint; University of Michigan inquiry re: Flint; FW: Flint MI: LCR Enforcement Issues; FW: Flint MI: LCR Enforcement Issues; RE: Flint Pb&Cu Results Jo Anne, Attached is what | have remaining regarding the referenced FOIA request in addition to what | sent you previously. I spent 2.5 hours retrieving this material in addition to the time | sent you previously. Stephen Busch, P.E. MDEQ Lansing District Coordinator Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor 517-643-2314 [email protected] xxxEND_PAGE:deq18_b096_1064_1064_1

Importance: High

Notes from Michigan semi-annual call on 6/10; Draft Response; RE: here's the interim report Jo Anne, Attached are emails associated with Mr. Edwards’ FOIA request #3 item 1. | will still need to review other materials. This review took 1 hour of my work time. | anticipate another 4 hours of time to complete my portion of the remainder of this FOIA request. Stephen Busch, P.E. MDEQ Lansing District Coordinator Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor 517-643-2314 buschs@ michinzan.cov xxxEND_PAGE:deq18_b075_1026_1026_1

Jo Anne, | believe the attached is ready to be finalized. | would like a pdf of the signed letter to email over to members of the legislature. Stephen Busch, P.E. MDEQ Lansing District Coordinator Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor 517-643-2314 xxxEND_PAGE:deq18_b070_1018_1018_1

HIGH LEAD: FLINT Water testing Results; Re: HIGH LEAD: FLINT Water testing Results; Re: HIGH LEAD: FLINT Water testing Results; Lead levels still high at Ms. Walters’ home; RE: Flint Corrosion Control?; April 27 Flint Sampling Update from Miguel; more customer lead samples over the AL?; 6/30 & 7/1/15 deadlines; Re: 6/30 & 7/1/15 deadlines; Flint lead sampling results?; RE: HIGH LEAD: FLINT Water testing Results; RE: Flint lead sampling results? Jo Anne, Attached are all of the requested information | have via my email account. | have included emails regarding analysis at 212 Browning Avenue. While these were not allowed to be included in the compliance determination, they were collected during the monitoring period. Most of the emails are between DEQ and EPA. | spent 1 hour of time to address this FOIA request. Stephen Busch, P.E. MDEQ Lansing District Coordinator Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor 517-643-2314 xxxEND_PAGE:deq18_b047_0964_0964_1

See note from Tracy below. Stephen Busch, P.E. Lansing and Jackson District Supervisor Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance MDEQ 517-643-2314

Jo Anne Rennaker Secretary Department of Environmental Quality - Lansing District Office Office of Drinking Water & Municipal Assistance Office of Waste Management & Radiological Protection 517-284-6643 xxxEND_PAGE:deq17_b429_2066_2066_1