DNR
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
Administrative Orders
Responsible parties have 30
days to appeal the order or 60 days to pay the penalty.
Kossuth
County
Christopher
Hardt, Swea City
Pay $2,000
penalty and associated fees for late submittal of manure management
plan.
Louisa
County
Bret Cassens,
dba J&J Pit Stop, Columbus Junction
Permanently
close underground storage tanks, submit past due tank registration fees of
$2,835, and pay $8,700 penalty.
Washington
County
Lake Trio
Homeowner’s Improvement Association, Inc.
Schedule for
improvements to wastewater treatment facility and payment of $3,000
penalty.
Consent
Orders
A
consent order is issued as an alternative to issuing an administrative order. A
consent order indicates that the DNR has voluntarily entered into a legally
enforceable agreement with the other party.
Audubon
County
Equipment
Brokers, Inc., Audubon
Submit
required Minor Source Emissions Inventory information to DNR and pay $750
penalty.
Buena Vista
County
4-Star Pork,
LLC
Pay $2,000
penalty for late submittal of manure management plan.
Carroll
County
Arcadia
Limestone Co., Arcadia
Pay $2,500
penalty for open burning and open dumping violations.
Clarke
County
City of
Osceola
Agree to a
compliance schedule for the completion of sanitary sewer collection system
improvements for the city’s sanitary sewer collection system. The city also
agreed to stipulated penalties if it does not meet the schedule.
Floyd
County
Todd Smeby,
dba Smeby Farms
Pay $4,500
penalty for manure application certification violations.
Hardin
County
Pet Pork, Inc.
Pay $2,000
penalty for manure release from facility.
Henry
County
TC Tiling
& Excavating, Inc., Wayland
Pay $3,000
penalty for asbestos violations that occurred during the demolition of a
commercial building.
Lyon
County
Doeden Farms
Inc.
Ensure that
manure is applied only in fields included in manure management plans (MMPs) for
facilities from which the manure is removed, comply with all provisions of the
MMPs for the facilities for which the company is land applying for, and pay
$9,000 penalty for manure application violations.
Rock Bottom
Dairy, Inc. and Bernie Bakker
Properly
retain manure, cease illegal discharges to waters of the state, pay fish
restitution of $1,047.92 and a $6,000 penalty.
Marion
County
James Mathes
Pay $4,500
penalty for manure storage violations.
Palo Alto
County
John Kajewski
Pay $2,500
penalty for failure to timely submit manure management plan and
fees.
Scott
County
Nichols
Aluminum LLC, Davenport
Pay $1,500
penalty for failure to timely submit air quality permit (Title V) program
reports and fees.
Wapello
County
Chamness
Technology, Inc.
Comply with
wastewater and solid waste permits, maintain adequate freeboard in storm water
ponds, use best management practices to minimize odor, develop contingency plan
for alternative disposal of wastewater in the event the facility ponds are
nearing full capacity and land application is not possible, and pay $10,000
penalty. In lieu of paying $8,000 of the penalty, Chamness is authorized to
perform a supplemental environmental project with Drake University and the
Wapello County Conservation Board regarding the effects of compost on prairie
seed production.
Winneshiek
County
Schmitt Dairy,
Inc.
Ensure
individuals handling manure are properly certified, submit all past due manure
management plan fees, notify DNR prior to winter manure application, and pay
$8,000 penalty.
A
consent amendment is issued in settlement of a previous administrative order or
to amend a pre-existing consent order. A consent amendment indicates that the
DNR has voluntarily entered into a legally enforceable agreement with the other
party.
Board of
Trustees, City of Creston Water Works
In a consent
amendment to an administrative order, the board agreed to amended dates in a
compliance schedule and the Water Works agrees to dismiss earlier appeal.