ALTOONA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said Sunday in Iowa that the federal agency is processing “updates” on Iowa’s list of impaired waterways amid a lawsuit challenging the decision to delist seven waterways that had been added due to nitrate impairment.
The EPA administrator toured Summit Products in Altoona, his first Iowa stop of a trip which included events Monday in Iowa City and Dyersville. Speaking with reporters, Zeldin said the EPA was taking steps to address Iowans’ concerns about water quality — specifically about nitrate levels and potential environmental factors that may be contributing to the state’s high and rising cancer rates — by partnering with local businesses, farmers and the state government…