EPA v. Foster Poultry Farms
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Case summary
Cease and Desist Order: The Respondent, Foster Poultry Farms operated a chicken hatchery facility located at Clairborne Parish, Athens, Louisiana. The facility's process waste water lagoon was discharging into an unnamed tributary of Leatherman Creek then to Leatherman Creek then to Black Lake Bayou then to the Red River.
Defendants (1)
- Foster Poultry FarmsNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
FOSTER POULTRY FARMS ATHENS HATCHERY
6201 HWY 518, ATHENS, LA, 71003
Registry ID: 110045497663
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Foster Poultry Farmsentered 2012-02-07
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2012-02-07Final Order Issued
- 2012-02-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2012-03-23NPDES Closed
- 2012-03-23Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 2600098508
- Case number
- 06-2012-1790
- Lead agency
- EPA
- Branch
- 6EN-W
- EPA region
- 06
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-2012-1790 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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