Stepp recuses herself from WI review


Stepp recuses herself from WI review


EPA`s Stepp recuses herself from Wisconsin review

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Cathy Stepp has recused herself from a Wisconsin compliance review.

Midwest Environmental Advocates and 16 individuals petitioned the EPA in 2015 to review Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources` compliance with the Clean Water Act. The EPA in 2011 cited 75 deficiencies in DNR water regulation.

Stepp served as DNR secretary from 2011 through August 2017...

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Ken Notes: A catch 22 here. Cathy did the right thing, but I would like an advocate for our waterways and lakes in the center of the process. With EPA leaning to appease the new administration I worry that voices for the aquifer will not be heard...

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