EPA v. DeVries Dairy
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
Respondent, George DeVries, doing business as DeVries Dairy, operated a dairy located in Dublin, Erath County, Texas. The facility is considered a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation. Respondent violated the Clean Water act by failure to prevent an authorized discharge to waters of the State; failure to ensure all process-generated wastewater drains to an approved lagoon; and failure to maintain piping and equipment used in land application of wastewater. Alleged violations were identified during a December 8 and 9, 2010, inspection of the dairy.
Defendants (1)
- George DeVriesNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
GEORGE DEVRIES DAIRY
1860 COUNTY ROAD 241, DUBLIN, TX, 76446-4128
Registry ID: 110027364947
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
DeVries Dairyentered 2011-02-25
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2011-02-25Final Order Issued
- 2011-04-13Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2013-08-19Enforcement Action Closed
- 2013-08-19NPDES Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 2600013527
- Case number
- 06-2011-1779
- Lead agency
- EPA
- Branch
- 6EN-W
- EPA region
- 06
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Permit Violations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-2011-1779 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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