From October 2018 through August 2021, there were six Action Level Exceedance letters sent via U.S. Mail and e-mail to the City of Benton Harbor. These letters document monitoring results and lay out required actions the City must take to respond, such as but not limited to, public advisory, public education, and other actions.

Once an ALE letter is issued, the Safe Drinking Water Public Act, 1976 PA 399, MCL 325.1019(1) requires a public water supply to issue a Public Advisory within three business days of the date of the letter to inform all persons served by the water system about the exceedance. In addition, R 325.10410 of the Administrative Rules promulgated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 1976 PA 399, requires a water supply to provide Public Education materials to all consumers about lead health effects, sources of lead, and steps to minimize exposure within 60 days from the end of the monitoring period that exceeded the action level. In both cases, certification documents must be provided to the department.

The following table identifies the dates for which the above activities were completed. Note certain reporting discrepancies are foot-noted below the table.

* Press conference was held on 10/24/2018 (incorrectly reported as 10/23 on certification document).
** PE was dropped off at USPS for Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) on 11/29/2018.
*** Press release was distributed on 2/9/2021 (incorrectly reported as 3/11 and 2/11 on certification document)
**** The City's Every Door Direct Mailing of Public Education materials for both 2020 action level exceedances missed homes in a section of the City. EGLE issued a violation notice. Public Notification and Public Education were distributed by 3/1/2021 to resolve the violation (incorrectly reported as 2/11 on certification document).