MADISON (AP)-the Director of the Wisconsin Department of natural resources, point to new, and then pledged Thursday to streamline the process by which companies can receive regulatory permits and to improve the Agency's customer service.
DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp offered some of the details, but said in a statement that he or she wants to go faster in the process of environmental reviews for projects in the companies. He also promised to work with the creation of new jobs.
Stepp's remarks reinforced concerns, inter alia, the conservationists Stepp and Republican Scott Walker, the Administration may be .gov extract wins environmental protections. Walker asked already to consider the Bill, which will be released to the report of the Committee on the environment of small wetlands in a review of the construction projects by the legislature.
"One step back, as we look at the entire history of the Wisconsin DNR's role, it has been and should have protection, which is really a great Wisconsin: our parks, our lakes, our open spaces," said Megan Severson, which lobbies for clean water and preserve Wisconsin-environment of the Park.
Walker, who has promised to his first term, the creation of 250000 Stepp KPN Chief was appointed last week. A former Republican State Senator Stepp has a deep background in business. He has completed the construction company and is currently co owns trucking company her husband with the equipment.
He takes over the suffering from a serious picture of the issues surrounding the State Agency. Hunters and business owners alike are frustrated with years over the DNR what they can see everything from Deer hunting regulations on pollution, overzealous, ham-fisted.
Stepp has demanded "Cultural shift" in the Office, the DNR to simplify and improve the process of the permitting procedure, public relations, vowing.
Stepp was visiting DNR staff around the country on Thursday and was not available in the interview, KPN, spokesman for Laurel Steffes said.
In his statement, he said, Stepp Thursday sees his role in the big picture, and the development of policies, customer relationships, and building relationships with third parties. He said, the sustainable economy of Wisconsin's resolve.
"It has the general objective (Walker), create jobs, good jobs in this state-of-the-art, which keep our children and give them a bright future," Stepp said. "And I think that can be done while maintaining a healthy environment and natural resources, quality of life."
He said he wanted to establish a working group, which Enable a company to consider moving to Wisconsin DNR allow them to control the process. He stressed that companies should not be assumed that each authorization has been approved, but promised to KPN will help them to make decisions with the "positive attitude".
He also plans to return to the basics of what he called out for the management of the periodic progress reports in accordance with the objectives of the Organization, but he does not enumerate all of the objectives.
He also said he will ask DNR staff proposals for enhancing the authorization process, "and promised to clear with the objectives of the Agency's periodic progress reports lay out. He did not develop.
Good customer service, by way of example, he held a day-a week in the DNR 7 customer call center, and green, the level of the program, which plans to establish a statutory environmental relaxes in the case of undertakings. Promised to expand these programs and the efforts of the "like", but he did not elaborate.
Steffes, DNR-spokesman, said he had no details of Stepp's plans. Jonathan Ela, KPN, the Chairman of the Management Board does not immediately return a message on Thursday afternoon.
Shahla Werner, Director of the Sierra Club of Madison-based chapter of John Muir said he supports the effective permissions but murheet that the DNR staff should be forced to accept them as quickly as possible, the possibility of limiting the global feed.
"If the focus is moving towards the work of the whole business, it could become, at the expense of local residents," Werner said. "We will definitely be watching."
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