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el✓te t((PEe August 9, 2000

VIA CERTIFIED ?/LAIL — RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

Mr. Joel A. Miele, Sr., Commissioner New York City Department of Environmental Protection 59-17 Junction Blvd, 19ih Floor Corona, NY 11368-5107

Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani Mayor City of New York City Hall New York, NY, 10007

care of Michael D. Hess Corporation Counsel of the City of New York 100 Church Street New York, NY 10007

Re. Notice of Intent to Sue

Dear Commissioner Miele,

Section 1449(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. § 300j-8(b), requires that sixty (60) days prior to the filing of a citizen's suit in any federal district court, the alleged violator, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the State in which the alleged violations have occurred be notified of the alleged violations pursuant to SDWA § 1449(a), 42 U.S.C. § 300j-8(a).

Riverkeeper, Inc (Riverkeeper), 25 Wing and Wing, Garrison, NY 10524-0130, (914) 424- 4149; New York Public Interest Research Group, 9 Murray Street, New York, NY 10007, (212) 349- 6460; Fernando Ferrer, Bronx Borough President, 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, (718) 590-8555; Trout Unlimited, Croton Watershed Chapter, P.O. Box 298, White Plains, NY 10602, (914) 946-7161; Concerned Residents of Southeast, P.O. Box 762, Brewster, NY 10509, (914) 669- 8226; Friends of Jerome Park Reservoir, 3446 Giles Place, Bronx, NY 10463, (718) 549-2387; Friends of the Great Swamp, P.O. Box 373, Pawling, NY 12564, (914) 855-1917; Sierra Club, Lower Hudson Group, 5 Algonquin Drive, Chappaqua, NY 10514, (914) 238-8846; Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition, 9 Old Comer Road, Bedford, NY 10506, (914) 234-3179; Concerned Residents of Kent, 39 Longfellow Drive, Lake Carmel, NY 10512, (914) 228-1334; Regional Review League, P.O. Box 479, Bedford, NY 10506; HDFC Coalition, 601 W. 136'" Street, Suite 1, New York, NY 1003 1- 8101; and Patterson Land Watch, 368 Bullethole Road, Patterson, NY 12563, (914) 878-4585, (hereinafter "Plaintiffs"), hereby notify you pursuant to SDWA § 1449(b), 42 U.S.C. § 300j-8(b), that they believe that the City of New York and its agency, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYC DEP) have violated SDWA § 1411(g), 42 U.S.C. § 300g by failing to comply with the filtration avoidance provisions of the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations, 40 C.F.R. § 141.71.

The terms of New York City's compliance with the SDWA are detailed in the May 1997 Filtration Avoidance Determination (FAD) granted to New York City (City) by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and further elaborated in the New York City Watershed Memorandum of Agreement dated January 21, 1997 (Watershed Agreement). Plaintiffs believe that the City has failed

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