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PETERSHEIM, MELVIN AND MOSES

Administrative - Formal · FY2010 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 1800103419

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Case

Case Number
03-2010-0291
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
Multimedia
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Self-disclosure
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Defendants (2)

Summary

FACILITY IS A LARGE CAFO THAT CONFINES 35,000 EGG-LAYING CHICKENS. CHICKEN LITTER WAS STORED OUTSIDE AND UNCOVERED FOR MORE THAN 15 DAYS. ACCORDING TO EPA POLICY, THIS CONSTITUTES THE USE OF A LIQUID MANURE HANDLING AND THEREFORE THE THRESHOLD FOR BEING DEFINED AS A LARGE CAFO IS 30,000 BIRDS. FACILITY DISCHARGE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS FROM THE CHICKEN LITTER STOCKPILES. IN ADDITION, THE FACILITY HAS A DAIRY THAT CONFINES 80 ADULT COWS. SOLID DAIRY MANURE WAS STORED OUTSIDE AND WASHWATER FROM THE MILKHOUSE DISCHARGED TO A DITCH THAT DISCHARGED TO A WATER OF THE US. FACILITY IS BEING ORDERED TO CEASE AND DESIST DISCHARGING WITHOUT AN NPDES PERMIT.

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