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Rep. Dan Kildee, Senators Stabenow and Peters Ask EPA Inspector General for Update on Flint Investigation

March 6, 2018

Lawmakers Seek Information on Causes of the Flint Water Crisis

Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), Senator Debbie Stabenow and Senator Gary Peters today sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Inspector General Arthur Elkins asking for an update on when their investigation of the Flint water crisis will be completed and released to the public.

On January 21, 2016, the Office of Inspector General for the EPA announced that it commenced an investigation into the causes of the Flint water crisis to ensure that a similar tragedy does not happen elsewhere. A full report has yet to be released, over two years after the investigation began.

Congressman Kildee, Senator Stabenow and Senator Peters have worked together to bring much needed relief to Flint families. Because of their bipartisan work with Republicans and Democrats, in December 2016, Congress passed $170 million in federal aid directed at helping Flint recover. The aid included $100 million to help Flint replace lead pipes and make much-needed improvements to its infrastructure, $50 million for expanded health care for Flint families and resources to create a lead exposure registry, and funding to activate at least $200 million for federal loans available to communities across the country to address lead and other water contamination issues. The legislation was signed into law by President Obama in December 2016.

Below is the full text of the letter to the Inspector General Elkins.

Inspector General Elkins:

As you know, on January 21, 2016, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notified officials that it would begin an investigation into the causes of the Flint water crisis. This information will be very helpful in ensuring that a similar crisis never happens again, either in Flint or any other community across America. Equally important, it will also help to bring justice to the thousands of families in Flint who are still living with the effects of this ongoing crisis.

Seeing as how this investigation began over two years ago, we write to seek an update as to when you anticipate this investigation will be completed and released to the public.

We would appreciate a written response by March 9th.

Sincerely,

Dan Kildee

Debbie Stabenow

Gary Peters

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