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CITY OF FLINT, MICHIGAN

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Dr. Karen W. WeaverMayor

June 15, 2018

Mr. Eric Oswald, DirectorDrinking Water and Municipal Assistance Division525 West Allegan StreetP.O. Box 30473Lansing, Ml 4909

Dear Mr. Oswald:

I am in receipt of MDEQ’s May 31, 2018 letter regarding lead service line removalactivities. The MDEQ requested clarification regarding 404 addresses that had previouslybeen hydro-excavated and identified as having non-copper material.

The 404 addresses that were assigned to W.T. Stevens and Waldorf & Sons wereidentified as a part of Phase IV Service Line Replacement work in 2017. The previousconstruction year ended on December 19, 2017 due to winter weather conditions.However, W.T. Stevens and Waldorf & Sons had high concentrations of copper in theiroriginally assigned zones. Therefore funding remained available under their contracts tocomplete additional addresses left over after the 2017 construction season.

As discussed on the June 11, 2018 EPA teleconference call, we scoured the ConcernedPastors Settlement Agreement to find language that requires hydro excavation as therequired method to identify service line materials. However, we requested during the callfor the State to show us the specific language in the settlement agreement, which requiresthe use of hydro-excavation. We still have not received this information. Another topicraised during the call were the health and safety concerns with the lack of reliability inhydro-excavating. As you are aware, some of the service lines that were hydroexcavated, were later found to contain lead material after they were excavated. As aresult, the City does not want to be mandated by the State to use the hydro-excavationmethod when identifying non-copper service line materials.

The City’s priorities are public health and getting the service lines replaced as quickly aspossible. Public health remains the number one concern, not cost cutting at the expense

of the residents. The City and the MDEQ are already all too familiar with the results ofputting finances before public health.

Sincerely,

Dt Karen W. WeaverMayor

End. City’s project manager AECOM’s response addressing the FAST Start address list

Cc: Mr. Mark Adas, City Engineer, City of FlintMr. Robert Bincsik, Director of Public Works, City of FlintMr. Hughey Newsome, Chief Financial Officer, City of FlintMr. Herbert Winfrey, City Council President, City of FlintMs. Linda HoIst, Acting Director, Water Division, Region 5, USEPAMr. Tom Poy, USEPAMr. Anthony Ross, Deputy Project Manager, Region 5, USEPAMr. Richard S. Kuhl, Michigan Department of Attorney GeneralMs. C. Heidi Grether, Director, MDEQMs. Amy Epkey, Administration Deputy Director, MDEQMr. Aaron Keatley, Chief Deputy Director, MDEQMr. Michael McClellan, Environmental Deputy Director, MDEQMr. Gary Peters, U.S. SenatorMs. Debbie Stabenow, U.S. SenatorMr. Dan Kildee, U.S. CongressmanMr. Jim Ananich, State SenatorMr. Phil Phelps, State RepresentativeMr. Sheldon Neeley, State Representative

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Flint, Ml 48532

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MEMORANDUM

Date: June 14,2018

To: Robert Bincsik, DPW Director

From: Alan Wong, AECOM

Re: Response to MDEQ’s May 31~ Letter to the City of Flint

AECOM has reviewed the files which were referenced in MDEQ’s May 31~ letter and sent to the City ofFlint on June l2~~ and cross referenced these addresses with the addresses that were hydro excavated in2017. Our findings are as follows:

a. Of the 410 addresses on MDEQ’s list, we have identified (9) declinations, (98) unable to contacthome owner, (2) obstructions), (3) abandoned homes and (19) miscellaneous.

b. AECOM is currently canvassing the declination and unable to contact lists from 2017, and willissue service line replacement work orders to the Phase V contractors for all consents granted.

The last date that work was performed under the Phase IV HVI contract was on November 17th, 2017, atwhich point both HVI contractors (ML Chartier and Dependable Sewer) from Phase IV had exhaustedtheir not to exceed contract amounts. After November 17th, 2017, excavations leading to service linereplacements or copper to copper findings were accomplished without hydro excavation equipment.

In regard to the MDEQ’s inquiry about the Phase IV address lists that WT Stevens and Waldorf havebeen working with, we are providing the following information to clarify when these lists were issued andwhere the work was to be performed:

• As of May 8”~, 2018 a total of four lists have been distributed to WT Stevens (3) and Waldorf &Sons (1) for continuation under each contractor’s respective Phase IV contracts:

— WT Stevens (12-4-2017)— Waldorf & Sons (12-4-2017)— WT Stevens (12-8-201 7)— WT Stevens (5-7-2018)

• Address list provided to WT Stevens on 12/412017 contain a total of 123 addresses, 78 of whichthe contractor was advised to conduct an excavation and replacement if applicable (non-copper).

• Streets Identified for Work (# of Addresses):

— (62) Commonwealth Avenue— (61) Mountain Avenue

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Compositions Identified in Address Distribution List (# of Addresses:

— (39) Addresses identified as Unknown to Copper— (6) Addresses identified as Lead to Unknown— (8) Addresses identified as Tubeloy to Unknown— (3) Addresses identified as Tubeloy to Copper— (22) Addresses identified as Unknown to Unknown— (45) Addresses identified as Copper to Copper (Addresses provided as Reference I Not

Assigned for Excavation)

• Address list provided to WT Stevens on 12/8/2017 contained a total of 248 addresses, 137 ofwhich contractor was advised to conduct an excavation and replacement if applicable (non-copper).

Streets Identified for Work (# of Addresses):

— (20) Brookside Drive— (26) Calumet Avenue— (30) Chalmers Street— (30) Chandler Street— (42) Lafayette Street— (31) S Meacte Street— (11)Roome Court— (2) E Vernon Drive— (5) W Vernon Drive— (51) Windemere Avenue

• Compositions Identified in Address Distribution List(# of Addresses:

— (92) Addresses identified as Unknown to Copper— (6) Addresses identified as Unknown to Tubeloy— (1) Address identified as Copper to Unknown— (8) Addresses identified as Copper to Lead— (2) Addresses identified as Lead to Copper— (28) Addresses identified as Unknown to Unknown— (111) Addresses identified as Copper to Copper (Addresses provided as Reference I Not

Assigned for Excavation)

• Address list provided to WT Stevens on 5/7/2018 contained a total of 153 addresses.

— Addresses provided were extracted from list provided by Goyette Mechanical citing whichhomes they did no complete during Phase IV.

— The list was distributed to WT Stevens and categorized by the Phase IV Zone Number:

o (Phase 4) Zone 2 (31 Addresses)o (Phase 4) Zone 3 (88 Addresses)o (Phase 4) Zone 6 (34 Addresses)

• Address list provided to Waldorf & Sons on 12/4/2018 contained a total of 120 addresses, 110 ofwhich the contractor was advised to conduct an excavation and replacement if applicable (non-copper).

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• Streets Identified for Work:

— (52) Hills Street— (68) Pierce Street

• Compositions Identified in Address Distribution List:

— (64) Addresses identified as Unknown to Copper— (1) Address identified as Galvanized to Copper— (9) Addresses identified as Lead to Copper— (10) Addresses identified as Tubeloy to Unknown— (1) Address identified as Tubeloy to Copper— (25) Addresses identified as Unknown to Unknown— (10) Addresses identified as Copper to Copper (Addresses provided as Reference / Not

Assigned for Excavation)

With the exception of the list provided to WT Stevens on 5/7/2018, the remaining three lists were createdand distributed using the information from the City of Flint’s Location Cards (Water Service CenterRecords)

• On 6/1 4/1 8, AECOM assigned WT Stevens approximately 38 homes that were on the MDEQ list.

• List of Addresses on the MDEQ List that have received Service Line Replacements:

— 3212 Beachwood (05-09-18)— 2205 Berkley (05-15-18)— 2002 Forest Hill (05-1 6-1 8)— 2101 Forest Hill (05-16-18)— 2414 Raskob (05-1 6-1 8)— 2419 Raskob (05-16-1 8)— 2539 Altoona (05-23-18)— 2011 Wolcott (05-29-18)— 1910 Mackin (05-29-18)— 2534 Paducah (05-31-1 8)— 848 Perry (06-01-1 8)— 709 Dickerson (06-04-1 8)— 710 Dickerson (06-04-18)— 515 Weller (06-05-1 8)

• List of Addresses on the MDEQ List that are owned by a Church:

— 28OlAvenueA— 617 Stockdale St.— 118 E Belvidere Ave— 134 Edmund St— 2126 Bonbright St.

• List of Addresses on the MDEQ List that are owned by the Genesee County Land Bank:

— 709 Victoria Ave.— 710 Dickinson St.— 719 DellAve.— 748 Vermilya Ave.

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— 905 Belmont Ave.— 951 Perry St.— 101 WJackson Ave— l9l3MackinRd— 217 E Belvidere Ave— 225 W Tobias St— 2518 Arlington Ave