Auditor: State regulator failed to enforce environmental laws

Doug Hoffer, Vermont State Auditor. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation is tightening enforcement procedures after a state auditor’s report found that that the department had failed to follow up on certain violations.
The report, released Monday, said the department’s files “did not include evidence that violations had been addressed” in 18 of the 100 environmental cases selected for review by the state auditor’s