Audit criticizes handling of waste tire program

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Department of Environmental Quality hasn’t properly collected fees in a program designed to keep tires from being dumped illegally, getting shortchanged on payments and issuing few penalties for late fees, according to an audit released Monday.

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