(9/26/11) LOS ANGELES The U.S. Environmental…
(9/26/11) LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ordering 13 Chino area dairies to comply with Clean Water Act requirements to prevent dairy manure waste and other pollutants from reaching local waterways.
Among the violations discovered at the dairies subject to EPA’s orders were:
·
failure to construct or maintain controls
necessary to prevent manure and other contaminants from discharging
into waterways
· failure to take reasonable steps to minimize or prevent discharges
· failure to develop and implement Engineered Waste Management Plans
· failure to conduct proper routine inspections of the facility
