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June 09, 2009
Texas based Dairy told to Stop Discharging into Wetlands
The Environmental Protection Agency today, issued an administrative order to the Allrounder I (pictured) and II Dairies in Hopkins County, Texas to cease their discharge of of manure and contaminated water into nearby wetlands, which lead into Stouts Creek, in clear violation of the Clean Water Act.
At both of the dairies locations, EPA inspectors found solid manure build-up accumulating on the surface which indicates the manure lagoons lack adequate capacity for the number of animals currently allowed by the dairies' permits.
The dairies have been ordered to stop all discharges of pollutants, and within 30 days an relocate stockpiled manure to an area that will cause runoff to be captured in an approved lagoon.
They also have been ordered to excavate and relocate their mortality management areas to an approved location that is not in a wetland and does not discharge into a wetland or waterway, and provide certification that this has been accomplished, as reported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at June 9, 2009 03:30 PM
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