Former plant owner to pay $350,000 in Clean Water Act penalties
March 11, 2010
The
former owner of a dairy-products plant in West Point, Nebraska, is being assessed $350,000 in civil penalties by the EPA for violations of the Clean Water Act. The EPA says the violations lasted from the
late 1970s through 2006, and caused the city to exceed limits for pollutants discharged to the Elkhorn River.
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last revised March 2010