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Idaho Feedlot Company Faces Clean Water Act Penalty
Release Date: 7/1/1997
Contact Information: Vaughn Blethen
blethen.vaughn@epamail.epa.gov
(206) 553-0483
Date of Notice: July 1, 1997
Public Notice Number: 97-AV-0112
Comment Period Open Until: July 31, 1997
Action: Proposed Penalty Assessment under Clean Water Act
Pursuant to Section 309(g)(4) of the Clean Water Act, EPA is providing public notice of the proposed penalty described below. In order to provide opportunity for public comment, EPA will not take final action in this proceeding prior to 30 days after issuance of this notice.
The Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, has commenced an administrative penalty action against Idaho Feedlot Company for violations of the Clean Water Act. The complaint alleges that Idaho Feedlots Company violated Section 301(a) of the Act on at least five occasions between December 1996 and February 1997, by discharging wastewater from its Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) to the Main Canal of the Middleton Mill Ditch Co., Middleton Irrigation Association, which is a "navigable water" within the meaning of Section 502(7) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1362(7), without a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. EPA is proposing the assessment of a penalty in the amount of $50,000. Persons wishing to comment on EPA's proposed action or to become participants in this action may do so by submitting their address and telephone number, along with written comments, to the Regional Hearing Clerk at the address above within 30 days of the date of this notice. This is a Class II administrative proceeding, governed by Section 309(g)(2)(a) of the Act, and set forth in Part 22.
Name and address of respondent:
Idaho Feedlot Company
6477 Beacon Light Road
Eagle, Idaho 83616
Business/activity of respondent: Feedlot Company
Name of Case: In Re: Idaho Feedlot Co.
Docket Number: 10-97-0068-CWA/G
Date Complaint filed: June 18, 1997
Name, mailing address, and telephone number of Regional Hearing Clerk:
Mary Shillcutt (206) 553-2429
U.S. EPA Region 10
1200 6th Avenue (ORC-158)
Regional Hearing Clerk
Seattle, WA 98101
The administrative record upon which Region 10 relied in developing this action is available for review and copying between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the regional office (see address listed above). It may also be reviewed at the following locations:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Idaho Operations Office
1435 North Orchard
Boise, Idaho 83706
Idaho Department of Health & Welfare
Division of Environmental Quality
Boise Regional Office
1445 North Orchard
Boise, Idaho 83706
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