EPA v. MORNINGSTAR FOODS
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Case summary
AO PURSUANT TO THE CLEAN WATER ACT ISSUED TO MORNINGSTAR FOODS. THE VIOLATION INVOLVES BOD AND TSS LOADINGS CONTRIBUTING TO INTERFERENCE WITH THE GUSTINE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP). THE AO SEEKS LOADING REDUCTIONS FROM MORNINGSTAR. SO FAR, SOURCE CONTROLS AT MORNINGSTAR AND BEATRICE (ANOTHER CHEESE MAKER IN TOWN), COUPLED WITH AN UPGRADE TO THE WWTP AND THE ELIMINATION OF WWTP DISCHARGE TO WATERWAYS UNDER AN NPDES PERMIT, HAS RESOLVED THE AO.
Defendants (1)
- MORNINGSTAR FOODS INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
MORNINGSTAR FOODS INCORPORATED
299 5TH AVE., GUSTINE, CA, 95322
Registry ID: 110000485083
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/307 — Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
MORNINGSTAR FOODSentered 1999-11-19
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1999-11-19Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1999-11-19Final Order Issued
- 1999-11-19Enforcement Action Closed
- 2000-11-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 53696
- Case number
- 09-2000-0428
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- ATWGL
- EPA region
- 09
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2000-0428 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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