EPA v. Hemlock Valley Farm (SB)
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Case summary
Respondent is a medium dairy CAFO in Milford, New York that is not complying with the terms and conditions of the NYSDEC CAFO General Permit. The facility failed to fully implement CNMP practices, failed to exclude animals from waters of the state, failed to properly operate and maintain all facilities and systems of treatment and control and failed to exclude clean water from the production area. This Administrative Order requires the facility to fully implement CNMP practices, including designing and implementing a silage leachate control system.
Defendants (1)
- Hemlock Valley Farm (SB)Named in settlement
Facilities (1)
HEMLOCK VALLEY FARM
3409 STATE HIGHWAY 28, MILFORD, NY, 13807
Registry ID: 110010806351
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Hemlock Valley Farm (SB)entered 2012-05-31
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2012-05-31NPDES Closed
- 2012-05-31Enforcement Action Closed
- 2012-05-31Final Order Issued
- 2012-06-04Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3000025829
- Case number
- 02-2012-3043
- Lead agency
- EPA
- Branch
- WGL
- EPA region
- 02
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Permit Violations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-2012-3043 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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