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Audit finds DEQ not keeping up with testing, standards

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//October 1, 2021//

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Audit finds DEQ not keeping up with testing, standards

Audit finds DEQ not keeping up with testing, standards

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//October 1, 2021//

The state agency responsible for protecting the environment has failed to perform many required tasks in monitoring groundwater for pollution — in some cases for 29 years. In a new...

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Tags: Mishael Cabrera, auditor general, Department of Environmental Quality, groundwater, Lindsey Perry

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