Comments submitted on the Public Comment Draft of the EPA Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities (“Draft Lead Strategy”), prepared by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), to urge this Administration to take the bold and aggressive actions that are desperately needed so people are no longer harmed by lead.

On behalf of its members, directors, and staff, Flint Rising, the Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint, Michigan United, C.A.U.T.I.O.N., and the St. Francis Prayer Center claims an appeal of the decision of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), on November 15, 2021, to issue Air Permit to Install No. 90-21 (Permit) to Ajax Materials Corporation. The Permit is attached as Exhibit 1 to this Claim of Appeal.