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A draft plan that recently received the blessing of the Seneca County Board of Supervisors will have its public comment period extended by the Department of Environmental Conservation.
That was the update that came down this week as the DEC said that the “Cayuga Lake draft Total Maximum Daily Load for Phosphorus in Cayuga Lake” public comment period would be extended.
Cayuga Lake was listed as an imperiled body of water in 2002.
Kerry Netzke Executive Director Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control Area
Every spring as the snow melts away and the grass begins to green, we all start picking up the unsightly remnants of winter and look forward to the warmer, more enjoyable seasons of Minnesota. Some years there is more remnants than other years.
In the Fall of 2020, 2.04 tons of used vehicle tires were thrown over the side of a bridge into Highwater Creek, a large tributary to the Cottonwood River. This incident occurred about one mile southeast of Lamberton between sections 25 and 36 of Lamberton Township.
Upon discovery, the illegal dumping was reported to the Redwood County Sheriff’s Office. Approximately 120 tires were retrieved from the water and streambanks by local residents, Kipper Kremin and his sons, Sonny and Fletcher. Matt Arkell joined the effort with a loader and piled the tires upon two hayracks. From there, it became a matter of properly disposing of the tires and who would pay that cost.
After originally setting a public comment period that would expire this week, the state Department of Environmental Conservation is giving the public additional time to review its draft plan for