GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The state has approved a permit for Nestle Waters North America, Inc. to pump more groundwater near Evart so it can expand production of Ice Mountain bottled water.
In a Monday release, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality admitted that most of the public comment it received on the matter opposed the booster. However, it said it had to allow it anyway because it met the requirements of the Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act.
"…Most of them (the comments) related to issues of public policy which are not, and should not be, part of an administrative permit decision. We cannot base our decisions on public opinion because our department is required to follow the rule of law when making determinations,” DEQ Director C. Heidi Grether said in a statement.
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