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Subject: Fw: Call with local officials on Monday
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Sheila Holman
NCDEQ
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Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2017 6:09 PM
To: Cohen, Mandy
Cc: Moore, Zack; Shehee, Mina; Mackey, Chris; Coleman, Scott; Culpepper, Linda; Kritzer, Jamie; Staley, Danny; Holman,
Sheila
Subject: Re: Call with local officials on Monday
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Here's latest information on the three calls scheduled for tomorrow, recognizing that the time (and prep) f
the third call is in flux. Both DHHS and in DEQ have seen and offered input on the information below. I
am
Call -in #: 605-472-5728 ; Code: 9973
Length of Call: 60 minutes I
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Participating Agencies: DHHS, DEQ & Governor's Office
Participants: (From DHHS) Mark Benton, Danny Staley, Chris Mackey, Zack Moore, Mina Shehee, Scott
Coleman; (From DEQ) Sheila Holman, Linda Culpeper, Jamie Kritzer; and (From Governor's Office) Jeremy Tarr
Call Purpose/Agenda:
(1) Review emerging issues, inquiries and questions from Friday evening thru the weekend (ALL)
(J) Review feedback from local health directors, particularly their reach -out to the public utilities, water
(4) Review/confirm key tasks slated to occur today [9:30 am call; submission of Governor's Letter to EPA &
USDHHS; press release about the same; 3:30 pm call with the Governor's Office and local officials] (CHRIS &
(5) Prep for 9:30 am call with local officials in the area of the lower Cape Fear River - including: who will lead-
off/moderate and who will lead each section; what will be the format of the call; what are the key points in
our opening message and who will make those points [numbers trending down, is the water safe to drink,
change in the health goal #1; identify topics that we need to be prepared with details; and who in DHHS & DEQ
will take notes during the 9:30 am call (and subsequently compare their notes) on requests, next steps, etc.,
made during the call. (SHEILA & MARK, ALL)
(6) Discuss forum this Wednesday in Wilmington (sponsored by local media) - will DEQ and DHHS be
represented; what about a separate event with us focused solely on the test data and the revised health.
goal (SHEILA)
Length of Call: 90 minutes I
Participating Agencies: DHHS, DEQ, Governor's Office, Local Health Directors, local public utility
.iiirectors/water execs, likely a handful of county managers and/or county managers
Participants: (From DHHS) Mark Benton, Danny Staley, Chris Mackey, Zack Moore, Mina Shehee, Scott
Coleman, Kennedy Holt; (From DEQ) Sheila Holman, Linda Culpeper, Jamie Kritzer; and (From Governor's
*;ffice) Jeremy Tarr and Noelle Talley; (From LHDs) Phillip Tarte, Carolyn Moser, David Stanley and David
Howard; (From County Government) TBD in 8:30 am call; and (From Public Utilities) TBD in 8:30 am call
DRAFT Call Agenda:

(3) Announce key tasks for the day Governor's letter, press release, 3:3Opnncall; And for the week
additional test results, more/better FAQs, etc. (TBD)
(4) If needed, provide a deeper dive regarding test results, change in health risk assessment/health goal,
safety of water - now and in the past (TBD)
Length of Call: 60 minutes
frganizer: Governor's Office
Participating Agencies: Governor's Office, Mayor of Wilmington & Pender, New Hanover & Bladen County
Participants: (From DHHS) Mandy Cohen(?), Mark Benton, Danny Staley, Chris Mackey, Zack Moore, Mina
Shehee; (From DEQ) Michael Regan(?), Sheila Holman, Linda Culpeper, Jamie Kritzer; (From Governor's
#ffice) Jordan Whichard, Jeremy Tarr, Noelle Talley, others; (Elected Leaders) Bill Safo, Frank Williams, Woody
White, George Brown and Charles Ray Peterson. NOTE: The Governor's Office has stated that the elected
leaders are free to share this invitation with their fellow commissioners.
DRAFT Call Agenda:
Being developed prior to call, but largely influenced by content from the 8:30 AM and 9:30 AM calls.
From: Cohen, Mandy
Sent: Sunday, July 16,2Ul72:OlPK4
To: Staley, Danny
Cc: Benton, Mark; Moore, Zack; Shehee, Mina; Mackey, Chris; Coleman, Scott; Culpepper, Linda; Kritzer, Jamie
Subject: Re: Call with local officials on Monday
We should also be preparing additional written facts sheets or faq's to answer the questions from Friday that
we heard after the release .... there were a lot. Who has the pen to at least craft the questions to get answered
by the experts? We then need that language worked into material that is easy to understand and interpret

We also need to get more disciplined w any release re water safety - we need full rollout plans, with internal q
and a (which means written out complete answers to hard and easy questions we might potentially get in
follow-up to a press release so no matter who is answering everyone is saying the same thing), with
stakeholder touches and assignments for who is talking to which stakeholders. Please also build in 24 hours
for me (and Michael) to review a press release and rollout plan .... and then time to see the revisions/final
We also need routine times every week in which we should be providing updated info - and we should d,#
broad calls a the same time each week to update. Please choose a time and let me know.
As a first step today - please circulate the tick tick of what is happening tomorrow morning - which calls and
happening when, who is invited, and who is tasked to send out the invite, etc.
What I have is an 8:30 call with state partners and 9:30 with local who are to invite other local
On a separate note, I noticed a reference to 3 numbers. We only had our The Our preliminary
goal and revised just released.
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Danny Staley
N[ Dept. of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health
Division Director
5605 Six Forks Road Building #3
1931 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1931
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
Website:
Works for me. I must have jotted down 8:30, but happy to know the call with
the locals is at 9:30 am. And that later call will include water execs like CFPUA,
H2Go, etc ... and they've been notified of the call -in time, number, etc?
ME

Sent by Mark TBenton, Deputy Secretary for Health Services
NC Department of Health & Human Services
From: "Moore, Zack"
Date: 7/16/171Z:34PK4 (GK4T'05:00)
To: "8enton,Mark"
Cc: "Sta|ey,Danny" <"Shehee,K4ina"
"Mackey, Chris"
"[ohen,Mandy" < "Coleman, Scott"
"Culpepper, Linda"
"Kritzer, Jamie"
Subject: Re: Call with local officials on Monday
Zack Moore, MD, MPH
State Epidemiologist and Epidemiology Section Chief
Division of Public Health
9195481725 office
225 N. McDowell St.
1902 Mail Service Center
Also, we should huddle at 8 am (prior to the 8:30 am call) to do
our own prep. Can someone set up that call/line ... and be sura.
our colleagues at DEQ have the number.

Sent by Marl('T. Benton, Deputy Secretary for Health Servlces
NC Dap artma-it of Health & Hunian Services
mark.benton(@dhhs.nc.eov
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From: "Whichard, Jordan" <[e-mail]>
Date: 7/16/17 11:43 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Benton, Mark" <[e-mail]>, "Talley, Noelle
S" <Noel le.Ta I ley@ nc.gov>
Cc: "Holman, Sheila" <[e-mail]>, "Tarr, Jeremy
M" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: Call with local officials on Monday
All,
I spoke with Mayor Safflo, and I will send folks an invite for this 3:30
call. Noelle, I think you mentioned you were setting up a number, do you have
that? If so I can send around.
As I mentioned, I think the goal of this call is to arm local elected officials with
as clear as possible of a public facing explanation of where the state stands
presently, and the steps we are planning to take moving forward. This is the
group that the Star News in particular is asking for comment, and we should
have them well armed and hearing directly from us.
Questions that I think will be raised or should be addressed (forgive ni-- .Y
layman's understanding of the situation):
Explain the discrepancy between the previous level and the revised 140 ppt
level. Why was the change made and is the new number trustworthy?
Why are there three different numbers from DEQ, DHHS, and EPA?
What is the gameplan for ongoing testing and monitoring? Who is responsible
for paying for this?
Jeremy, I think an explanation from you about federal role in this could also be
valuable.
Thanks all.
Jordan
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From: Benton, Mark
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2017 3:47 PM
To: Whichard, Jordan <Jordan. Whichary n gov>-, Talley, Noelle S
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Cc: Holman, Sheila <sheila,ho-Inian.- icd_e_nr_.gQv>; Tarr, Jeremy M
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Subject: RE: Call with local officials on Monday
Perfect. I owe you big time!
-----Original Message -----
From: Whichard, Jordan
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2017 3:34 PM
To: Talley, Noelle S <Noelle.TalIeyrz.nc.gov>; Benton, Mark,
<Mark.Benton(AWhhs.nc.gov>
Cc: Holman, Sheila <slieila.holniair,cr,,,ncdenr.gov>; Tarr, Jeremy M
<ieremv.tam'&,nc,gov>
Subject: RE: Call with local officials on Monday
Lets shoot for a 3:30 call, 3:00 pm pre -meeting if that works for everyone.
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From: Talley, Noelle S
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2017 3:20 PM
To: Benton, Mark <Mark.Bentoii,-6_)dhlis.nc.gov>
Cc: Whichard, Jordan <Jordan. Whichard`v>; Holman. Sheila
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<sheila.lioliniinrd,ncdeiiLgo,,7>; Tarr, Jeremy M <JercM.tarr,-6_)'%Ly>
Subject: Re: Call with local officials on Monday
I think a discussion before would be good. Defer to Jordan on time.
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> On Jul 15, 2017, at 3:10 PM, Benton, Mark <M_,q_rk_.B_eDtQn, hhs­.uc.w-v>
wrote:
> Thanks, Jordan. Post 2:30 pin would be great, but I'll go with whatever time
works best for the group. One ask: could we huddle 30 minutes beforehand to
review the format of the call, key expectations, messages, asks, etc.?
> Best,
> MTB
* -----Original Message -----
> From: Whichard, Jordan
* Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2017 2:26 PM
* To: Benton, Mark <Mark.Benton&,dhhs.nc.gov>; Talley, Noelle S
<NoelleTalIeyrz.nc.gov>; Holman, Sheila <sheila.liolinan(a�nedenr.go-,7>; Tarr,
Jeremy M <jereM.tirr(&c.gov>
> Subject: RE: Call with local officials on Monday
> Hey Mark,
> I think the goal of this call is to focus on elected officials, and hopefully have
a bit of a higher level, less weedy conversation than the one you'll be having
with Health Directors and Water Authority execs. For that reason I'd like to
engage this group separately if we could. That said, I'm happy to be flexible on
time - would you have time before your noon commitmenrt that would work
better?
• Thanks,
• Jordan
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