The national nonprofit Environmental Integrity Group has joined the Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club and Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement to begin legal action they hope will strip the  Iowa Department of Natural Resources of its power to enforce federal water quality rules.

http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2011/08/18/environmental-groups-sue-epa-move-to-take-water-quality-authority-from-iowa-dnr/

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