The U-S Environmental Protection Agency says it is sticking with its decision to add seven water segments in Iowa to the impaired list after hearing comments on the proposal.
The E-P-A says it received 83 public comments on the decision to add segments of the Cedar, Des Moines, Iowa, Raccoon, and South Skunk Rivers to Iowa’s impaired waters list. The agency said nitrate levels in those sections of the waterways exceeded safe drinking water limits. The Iowa D-N-R had refused to place these waters on the list. Information from the E-P-A says 72 of those comments supported the decision. The three comments from the Iowa D-N-R, the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, and The Fertilizer Institute opposed the decision.
