The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is holding a public hearing April 12 on a draft permit to allow

Nestle Ice Mountain to increase the amount of groundwater it pumps from the headwaters of two coldwater trout streams in Osceola County.

TheDEQ will accept public comment until 5 p.m. on April 21 on Nestle's application to boost pumping on the well northwest of Evart to 400 gallons-per-minute -- the third extension of public review since November.