DNR Alignment to Provides More Efficiency with Permitting

Let`s be clear from the start - the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is not going to be allowing large livestock operations to write their own environmental permits. If you have seen or heard that we were, you have been given wrong information. We are not "giving away the environmental store."

True, DNR recently rolled out a plan to better align our current resources with the core work that our dedicated employees do in carrying out our mission of protecting the state`s natural resources for all. In some cases, several programs that have overlapping areas of responsibility are being consolidated into one efficient unit that can address issues more effectively and free up time from non-essential work so staff can focus on what this agency has been charged to do...   ...more

Ken Notes: I am far less worried about the process than I am about the actual regulations. We are managing huge new waste streams with regulations and controls designed for much smaller environments. This managing Milwaukee with backyard septic systems...