A state audit found Wisconsin`s Department of Natural Resources been lax about monitoring large livestock farms and municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants.
A Legislative Audit Bureau report released Friday found the DNR didn`t consistently follow its own policies when sending enforcement letters about violations to municipal and industrial permit holders. It found the DNR only issued notices of violation for 33 out of the 558 instances they should have over the past decade.
The audit also found staff hasn`t been electronically recording submissions of annual reports required of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. Staff indicated they also don`t have time to thoroughly review each annual report, meaning areas of noncompliance could be slipping through the cracks....
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