March 20, 2008
DNR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
DES MOINES - The DNR has taken the following enforcement actions. The following are only briefs; please contact Jessie Brown of the DNR for more information at (515) 281-5131.
Enforcement actions, including copies of the original orders and contact information, are available on the DNR's Web site at iowadnr.gov/legal/eactions.html. The Web listing offers orders first taken in 2007 or 2008 (amendments to orders issued prior to 2007 are not listed).Administrative Orders
Responsible parties have 30 days to appeal the order or 60 days to pay the penalty.
Muscatine County
Ted Dickey, dba Dickey Farms, agreed in a consent amendment to remove all liquid and solid manure from his earthen manure structures and pits, and properly land apply the manure. Dickey also agreed to pay a $4,000 penalty and stipulated penalties if deadlines are not met. This amends a 2006 administrative order regarding animal feeding operation, air quality and solid waste violations.
O'Brien County
Chris Hunt and Steven Hunt, dba Hunt Brothers Feedlot, of Granville, agreed in a consent order to operate and maintain animal feeding operation structures in compliance with rules and regulations, to pay $520 in fish restitution and a $3,500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to a manure release from an open cattle feedlot that contributed to a fish kill in Deep Creek.
Pottawattamie County
Pheasant Ridge Farms, of Council Bluffs, agreed in a consent order to pay a $9,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to a manure release from an open cattle feedlot that caused water quality violations in an unnamed Little Mosquito Creek tributary.
Guthrie County
Gettler Dairy, of Adair, agreed in a consent amendment to comply with minimum manure control, construction permit and manure management plan (MMP) requirements. Gettler Dairy also agreed to pay a $1,500 penalty. This amends a 2004 administrative order regarding animal feeding operation violations.
Writer: Jessie Brown