“The Bureau of Reclamation’s most recent environmental review provides a number of alternatives, including the treatment of Missouri River water. One of those alternatives should be acceptable to the state of North Dakota, the EPA and the Bureau of Reclamation. The EPA must be more forthcoming in this process and timelier with its comments. The agency’s last minute attention to the environmental review is a disservice to our state, our local communities waiting for years to be served by NAWS, as well as other responsible federal agencies that have worked hard to issue the new Draft EIS. We need to clear the way for bringing safe and reliable drinking water to nearly a hundred thousand North Dakotans in a growing region of our state.”
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:24:30 +0000