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7 CAFOs issued EPA compliance orders

The EPA’s Region 7 has issued administrative compliance orders to seven concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas instructing them to correct violations of the Clean Water Act.

All seven are feedlots, the violations include wastewater discharges by unpermitted medium and large CAFOs, discharges by a large CAFO in violation of its NPDES permit, failures to maintain adequate storage capacity for wastes, and a large CAFO’s failure to adequately track its land application activities to ensure that area surface waters are protected.

Three of the feedlots: Feedlot Services Company of Neola, Iowa, Harlan Northrup Feedlot of Griswold, Iowa and Peterson-Bubke LLC of Mapleton, Iowa have 90 days to apply for an NPDES permit and construct needed controls by September 30th.

Crossroads Cattle Company of Woodbine, Iowa, KM Feeders of Lyons, Kansas and McPherson County Feeders of Marquette, Kansas failed to maintain adequate lagoon storage capacity as required by their NPDES permits. Knox County Feeders of Bloomfield, Nebraska was unable to provide adequate records associated with land application of manure and wastewater as required by their NPDES.