On Monday, Governor Rick Snyder announced the creation of the Flint Water Interagency Coordinating Committee (FWIACC) through executive order.  The goal of the committee is to bring together a wide range of experts to work on long-term solutions to the Flint water situation and ongoing public health concerns.  The group will analyze any long-term effects on high lead levels in Flint residents and they will recommend the next steps that should be taken.  Members of the committee will serve an initial term expiring December 31, 2018, after which time members will serve three-year terms.

Membership is as follows:

•    The director of Office of Urban Initiatives within the Executive Office of the Governor
•    The deputy state director of Emergency Management and Homeland Security within the Michigan Department of State Police
•    The director of the Department of Environmental Quality, or his or her designee
•    The director of the Department of Health and Human Services, or his or her designee
•    The director of the Department or Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, or his or her designee
•    The state treasurer, or his or her designee
•    The superintendent of public instruction, or his or her designee
•    The elected mayor of the City of Flint, who shall be appointed to the Coordinating Committee by the Governor
•    Three additional representatives of the City of Flint who shall be submitted by the Flint mayor and appointed to the Coordinating Committee by the Governor
•    Three representatives of Genesee County who shall be submitted by the Genesee County Board of Commissioners and appointed to the coordinating Committee by the Governor
•    Three subject matter experts who shall be appointed to the Coordinating Committee by the Governor.

For more information and to read the Executive Order, please click here.

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