EPA v. F & F Farms, Inc.

Case summary

F & F Farms, Inc. (OKG010038), Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma: At all times relevent to this Order, Respondent, David Farmer owned or operated a feed operation, located at Ft. Cobb, in Caddo County, Oklahoma, with a mailing address of Route 2 Box 37, Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma 73038. The facility is an �animal feeding operation� where animals are stabled or confined, and fed or maintained at the facility for a total of 45 days or more in any 12 month period; and, crops, vegetation forage growth, or post-harvest residues are not sustained in the normal growing season over any portion of the lot or facility. The facility stables 750 cattle for a total of 45 days or more in any 12 month period. Therefore, this facility constitutes a medium �Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation� (CAFO). On January 6, 2003, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry conducted an on-site inspection of this facility, on behalf of EPA. The inspection revealed that this facility's records were not current and the waste retention structures needed to pumped down. Activities unsatisfactory to the permit�s requirements. This Order requires the facility to submit to EPA updated records to support solid and liquid wastes are properly handled and liquid retention facilities are maintained at a level to retain a 25-year, 24-hour rainfall event.

Defendants (1)

• David FarmerNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• F & F FARMS FEEDYARD #1

  ROUTE 2, BOX 37, FT. COBB, OK, 73038

  Registry ID: 110011014197

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• F & F Farms, Inc.entered 2003-07-14

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2003-07-14Final Order Issued
• 2003-07-15Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2004-07-15Enforcement Action Closed