MO Sen. Brad Lager on why we shouldn’t worry about losing the fees to pay for water protection

Missouri Department of Natural Resources officials blame state Sen. Brad Lager (R-Maryville) for terminating the department’s ability to collect fees for State Operating Permits that fund the state’s Water Protection Program for 2011. The bill that would have extended those funds was expected to pass on the last day of the legislative session in May, but Lager sent it to the Fiscal Oversight Committee for further review instead.