Silverstreak Dairy to pay $11K for alleged violations
Silverstreak Dairy LLC, and the Minnesota PollutionControl Agency have reached an agreement that requires the company to pay $11,700 for alleged feedlot violations at its facility near Buckman, in southern Morrison County.
The violations included beginning construction of a runoff storage area and making modifications to a manure storage area without receiving required approval from the MPCA. In making the modifications, the company did not follow standards, such as installing depth markers and maintaining at least one-foot of space between the liquid manure and the lip of the storage area, the MPCA reported.
A November 2007, MPCA staff inspection confirmed there also had been a discharge of liquid manure from one of the storage areas that did not reach water bodies, but was not reported to authorities.
In addition to paying the $11,700 civil penalty to the MPCA, the company must also provide documentation that it has installed depth markers and that appropriate standards will be followed at all existing and new liquid manure storage areas.
The MPCA regulates the collection, transportation, storage, processing and disposal of animal manure and provides assistance to counties and the livestock industry. More information about feedlot regulations and available assistance is on the MPCA Web site at www.pca.state.mn.us.
When calculating penalties, the MPCA takes into account how seriously the violation affected the environment, whether it is a first-time or repeat violation and how promptly the violation was reported to appropriate authorities. It also attempts to recover the calculated economic benefit gained by failure to comply with environmental laws in a timely manner.
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