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The Ferndale City Clerk's Office processes Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for City departments pursuant to the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.
If you would like to submit a request for documents pursuant to the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, please submit the FOIA Request Form to our office by email or in person at:
City Clerk's Office
300 E. Nine Mile Road
Ferndale, MI 48220
Fax: 248-655-7994
For questions regarding FOIA requests, please contact City Clerk Marne McGrath at 248-546-2525, option 1 on the auto attendant. Information for submitting a FOIA form for the Employee Retirement System and the Police and Fire Retirement System can be found below. Please follow the same submission process for these systems as for general FOIA request.
Ferndale ERS Written Public Summary of FOIA Procedures & Guidelines
Ferndale ERS FOIA Procedures and Guidelines
Ferndale ERS FOIA Cost Worksheet
Ferndale ERS FOIA Request Form
Ferndale PF Written Public Summary of FOIA Procedures & Guidelines
Ferndale PF FOIA Procedures & Guidelines
Ferndale PF FOIA Cost Worksheet
Ferndale PF FOIA Request Form
The City of Ferndale performs regular water sampling and testing in accordance with the Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act, and we continue to surpass water quality standards as mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). The City provides comprehensive information about lead, chemicals, and other contaminants. For more information, see below.
Surpasses EPA water quality standards, per GLWA testing
The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) oversees mandatory annual testing of each of their community water suppliers. Most recent testing, courtesy of the 2018 Consumers Annual Water Quality Report, shows levels that once again exceed regulation requirements and standards. To learn more about lead testing and water safety, view Lead and Your Water Supply: An Informational Guide.
Not detected in any water supply, per GLWA testing
The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) oversees mandatory testing of their water supply to ensure that PFAS, or chemical perfluoroalkyl substances, are not present in community drinking water supplies. Most recent testing of water in five sources (Detroit-based Water Works Park, Springwells, and Northeast water treatment plants, Allen Park-based Southwest Water Treatment Plant, and Lake Huron), performed 2222, confirmed that PFAS was not detected at any level/in any water source. You can view the report for more information.
February 2019: The City of Ferndale learned from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (now EGLE) of the discovery of PFAS at the privately owned business property located at 1221 Farrow Street, Ferndale, identified as MacDermid, Inc.—a small chemical manufacturing and warehouse facility. Monitoring occurred at the bases of two former waste lagoons, and contamination appears limited to a small, perched zone of groundwater. The designation of this groundwater prevents it from being used as a drinking water source, and stormwater runoff from the contaminated area is captured and treated before discharge to the GLWA. Because this is a reportedly contained issue on private property, EGLE is working directly with the business/property owner(s) to excavate and re-sample. MDEQ recommended no community outreach at this time; the City has elected to publish this information in an effort to maintain transparency and information.
For more information, view the MDEQ report or contact the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.
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City of Ferndale, Michigan
300 East Nine Mile Road
Ferndale, Michigan 48220
