EPA v. Perdue Farms, Inc
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
Perdue Farms, Inc. violated the CWA, section 301 because they exceeded their permit limits, failed to maintain the required one foot of freeboard on its lagoon and fialed tot ake samples as frequently as required. Perdue, respondent, also failed to obtain representative samples of the effluent it discharged to Parker Creek through outfall 001 and failed to perform proper function & monitoring. The complaint proposed a penalty of $137,500.
Defendants (1)
- Perdue Farms, IncNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
PERDUE FARMS, INC
2250 LANKFORD HIGHWAY, ACCOMAC, VA, 23301
Registry ID: 110020673476
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Perdue Farms, Incentered 2003-04-07
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $80,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2002-11-25Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2002-12-04Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2003-04-07Final Order Issued
- 2003-05-19Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 89162
- Case number
- 03-2003-0026
- Lead agency
- EPA
- Branch
- 3RC20
- EPA region
- 03
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Permit Violations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 03-2003-0026 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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