Elinor Levin

He talked about the potential air and water pollution, soil pollution, the heavy metals and oils and other pollutants that he wanted to know, since this is would in theory be located close to the Mississippi River.

What would safeguard the river and the wetlands during flooding? And in the House, it was Eleanor Levin, the representative from Iowa City, who took the lead in talking about this.

She raised other concerns about the project.

She said she didn't think Masabi Metallics had the experience or the market capitalization to pull it off.