DNR chief defends agency after critical audit

摘要

Environmentalists and lawmakers yesterday criticized the Wisconsin Department of NaturalrnResources' handling of water regulation.rnDNR Secretary Cathy Stepp and other officials were appearing at a legislative hearing tornrespond to a state audit that found a drop in enforcement activity and other problems in thernagency's wastewater program. The audit found that enforcement actions on municipal andrnindustrial wastewater violations declined between 2005 and 2014 and found a backlog forrninspections.