E.P.A. Issues Compliance Orders to 7 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska

E.P.A. Region seven announced today that it has issued administrative compliance orders to seven concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, directing those operations to correct a range of violations of the federal Clean Water Act. Region seven's latest round of CAFO enforcement activity, aimed at encouraging producers' compliance with the Clean Water Act and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting program, involves seven beef feedlots, including 4 in Iowa, 2 in Kansas and one in Nebraska.

"Feedlot-related pollutants have significantly contributed to water quality problems, causing states to list streams as impaired under the Clean Water Act," E.P.A. Regional Administrator Karl Brooks said. "As Clean Water Act permits provide a crucial tool to maintain water quality, E.P.A. works with our state partners and stakeholders to promote producers' legal compliance. Enforcing feedlot permits and requiring producers to get them, where appropriate, will produce cleaner waters and likely require fewer enforcement actions in the future." Read more ...

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