Posted May 28, 2014
A
northwest Iowa cattle producer has agreed to a pay a court ordered $12,000 fine
for improperly applying manure on fields that flowed into a tributary of a
local creek in 2012, according to an article by The Associated Press available here. WCF Courier also
published the article available here.
According
to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Vernon Van Beek failed to
report the discharges, which were discovered during a routine inspection in
June 2012.
Van
Beek owns Lone Tree Feedlot near Inwood and raises about 900 cows.
Van
Beek agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Tom Miller
representing the DNR.
State
records show the farm discharged in 2009, 2010, and three times in 2011.
The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered the farm to obtain a Clean Water
Act permit from the DNR after the 2010 spill. A permit was issued in 2012.
For more information on the Clean
Water Act, please visit the National Agricultural Law Center’s website here.
