Many times, environmental improvement comes as a result of an enforcement action. Enforcement must take place when people choose to circumvent the law or do not understand the full impact of their actions on our environment.
The DNR is charged with ensuring compliance with State of Iowa environmental laws and rules. The compliance portion of the DNR improves our environment through educating citizens and promoting awareness of the environmental impacts of our actions and awareness of applicable law.
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August 2007
Doug Orwig
Doug Orwig, of Lake Park, was issued a unilateral administrative order to submit a complete manure management plan (MMP) and fees, and to pay a $3,500 penalty. The order is in regard to failure to submit a complete Iowa Phosphorus Index MMP for a site in Dickinson County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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May 2007
Goldsmith and Son, Inc., John E. Goldsmith and Patti R. Goldsmith, J and G Pallet, LLC
Goldsmith and Son, Inc., John E. Goldsmith and Patti R. Goldsmith, all of Sergeant Bluff; and J and G Pallet, LLC, of Sioux City, were issued a unilateral administrative order to cease the unauthorized discharge of truck wash wastewater to the current wastewater disposal system and to remove the current unauthorized disposal system. The parties were assessed a $10,000 penalty. The administrative order is in regard to wastewater violations at a truck wash site in Sergeant Bluff.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Diana Hansen
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A consent order indicates that the DNR has voluntarily entered into a legally enforceable agreement with the other party.
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Alcoa, Inc.
Alcoa, Inc., of Riverdale, agreed in a consent order to submit air quality construction permit applications for any unpermitted sources at its Riverdale facility, to submit applications for any sources constructed in a manner not permitted by DNR, to comply with air quality construction permit requirements in the future, and to pay a $2,000 penalty.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Anne Preziosi
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Doug Hymbaugh
Doug Hymbaugh, of Mount Ayr, agreed in a consent order to properly dispose all solid waste and to pay a $2,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to illegal disposal of construction and demolition waste at a site in Ringgold County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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Hufco, LLC
Hufco, LLC, of DeKalb, Ill., agreed in a consent order to pay an $8,500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to air quality, solid waste, and manure application and control violations at a livestock confinement operation in Mitchell County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Randy Clark
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City of Thor
The City of Thor agreed in a consent order to comply with its National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit by timely submitting its monthly operation reports, and to pay a $2,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to reporting requirement violations at its wastewater treatment facility.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: David Wornson
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Jon Matteson
Jon Matteson, of Thor, agreed in a consent order to have his wastewater operator certification placed on a 12 month probation period and to pay a $750 penalty. Matteson is the wastewater operator in Thor in Humboldt County. The consent order is in regard to reporting requirement violations.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: David Wornson
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Jack Knudson
Jack Knudson, of Irwin, agreed in a consent order to retain a certified groundwater professional, conduct a soil and groundwater underground storage tank (UST) closure investigation and report, conduct a tiered site assessment including soil and groundwater sampling, and pay a $10,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to petroleum USTs in Irwin.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: David Wornson
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Brian Riesberg
Brian Riesberg, of Carroll, agreed in a consent order to apply for a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit if he is still involved in the operation of the facility as of March 1, 2008, and to pay a $9,500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to a manure release to Brushy Creek from a hog open feedlot and confinement site in Carroll County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Amaizing Energy Denison, LLC
Amaizing Energy Denison, LLC, of Denison, agreed in a consent order to pay a $10,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to air quality construction permit and stack test violations at its Denison facility.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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City of Burlington
The City of Burlington agreed in a consent order to establish an enforceable schedule for implementing a Long Term Control Plan to separate its combined sewer system.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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Jim Christensen
Jim Christensen, of Royal, agreed in a consent order to pay $3,997.40 in fish restitution and to pay a $6,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to a manure discharge from an open cattle feedlot that contributed to a fish kill in Willow Creek.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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City of Princeton
The City of Princeton agreed in a consent order to submit a Community Development Block Grant application to the Iowa Department of Economic Development, submit plans and specifications with an application for a construction permit no later than June 1, 2009, to begin constructing sewer system or wastewater treatment facility improvements by June 1, 2009, and to complete construction no later than June 1, 2010. The city agrees to stipulated penalties if deadlines are not met.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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Doorenbos Poultry, Inc. and Scott Doorenbos
Doorenbos Poultry, Inc. and Scott Doorenbos, of Boyden, agreed in a consent order to submit a complete Iowa Phosphorus Index Manure Management Plan (MMP) and pay a $3,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to failure to submit an MMP for a site in Sioux County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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Peterson Contractors, Inc. (PCI)
Peterson Contractors, Inc. (PCI), of Reinbeck, agreed in a consent order to comply with all applicable asbestos and solid waste rules in the future and to pay a $3,100 penalty. The consent order is in regard to the disposal of materials from demolition of a drive-in movie theater in Council Bluffs.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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The City of Promise City
The City of Promise City agreed in a consent order to install a centralized sewer system and wastewater treatment system and to pay a $1,500 penalty. The city also agreed to stipulated penalties if deadlines are not met.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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Rick Riessen
Rick Riessen, of Stockton, agreed in a consent order to in the future submit to the DNR complete manure management plans (MMP), fees and MMP updates. Riessen also agreed to pay a $2,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to failure to submit a complete Iowa Phosphorus Index Manure Management Plan for a site in Muscatine County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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Ryan Robertson, dba Robertson Farms
Ryan Robertson, dba Robertson Farms, of Fairfield, agreed in a consent order to comply with proper procedures for land-applying manure to avoid future surface water or groundwater pollution, and to pay a $4,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to a manure release to an unnamed stream near Pleasant Plain.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Southeast Iowa Grain Corporation
Southeast Iowa Grain Corporation, of Yarmouth, agreed in a consent order to submit receipts documenting proper disposal and to pay a $6,500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to asbestos and open burning violations at a facility in New London.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Larry Sellner
Larry Sellner, of Earlville, agreed in a consent order to comply with a plan of action, to pay $3,995.70 in fish restitution and to pay a $2,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to a manure release and resulting fish kill in Plum Creek in Delaware County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Sparboe Eagle, LLC
Sparboe Eagle, LLC, of Jefferson, agreed in a consent order to submit an as-built construction permit, obtain all required permits prior to future construction and to pay a $2,100 penalty. The consent order is in regard to a water supply well in Wright County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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W. Boyd Jones Construction Company, Inc.
W. Boyd Jones Construction Company, Inc., of Omaha, Neb., agreed in a consent order to pay a $3,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to asbestos removal at a high school in Council Bluffs.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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The City of Wapello
The City of Wapello agreed in a consent order to separate its combined sewer system.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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Fred Knosby
Fred Knosby, of Cumming, agreed in a consent order to cease open burning of solid waste and to pay a $3,180 penalty. The consent order is in regard to open burning violations at a site in Warren County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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Steve McMillin, dba McMillin Trucking and Repair
Steve McMillin, dba McMillin Trucking and Repair, of Bedford, agreed in a consent order to pay a $500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to solid waste disposal and open burning violations at a site in Taylor County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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Harrison County Sanitary Disposal Project
The Harrison County Sanitary Disposal Project agreed in a consent order to pay a $980 penalty. The consent order is in regard to discharge of leachate from a landfill to a water of the state in Harrison County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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Steve Meyer and Meyer Brothers
Steve Meyer and Meyer Brothers, of Holstein, agreed in a consent order to complete basin construction, comply with all recordkeeping requirements of their National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, report all discharges from the facility that reach a water of the state, immediately depopulate any pen without approved manure controls in place, and to pay a $7,500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to a manure release from an open cattle feedlot in Ida County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Hebert Construction Co.
Hebert Construction Co., of Sioux City, agreed in a consent order to pay a $1,500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to illegal dumping and open burning violations at a site in Plymouth County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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Nebraska Pork Partners
Nebraska Pork Partners, of Woodbine, agreed in a consent order to comply with manure release reporting requirements and to retain all manure in confinement structures between periods of proper land application. Nebraska Pork Partners also agreed to pay a $5,000 penalty and $600.92 in fish restitution. The consent order is in regard to a manure discharge at a site in Woodbine and resulting fish kill in Elk Creek and Willow Creek.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Eugene Reed
Eugene Reed, of Washington, agreed in a consent order to submit a complete Iowa Phosphorus Index Manure Management Plan (MMP) and pay a $2,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to failure to submit an MMP for a site in Washington County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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The Water Board of the Chariton Municipal Water Works
The Water Board of the Chariton Municipal Water Works, of Chariton, agreed in a consent order to comply with water disinfection, reporting and monitoring requirements and provide public notification of turbidity exceedences. The Water Board also agreed to pay a $1,500 penalty and other stipulated penalties if certain requirements of the consent order are not met. The consent order is in regard to water supply violations.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Diana Hansen
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James Fehr
James Fehr, of West Bend, agreed in a consent order to pay a $500 penalty and to timely submit future manure management plans (MMPs), fees and MMP updates. The consent order is in regard to failure to submit a complete Iowa Phosphorus Index MMP for a site in Kossuth County. The MMP has been submitted to the DNR.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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Loren and Rhonda Van Zante
Loren and Rhonda Van Zante, of Eddyville, agreed in a consent order to comply with minimum manure control requirements, submit reports monthly to the DNR, and to pay a $5,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to a manure release from an animal feeding operation in Wapello County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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Loren and Rhonda Van Zante
In a separate consent order, Loren and Rhonda Van Zante agreed to cease all illegal discharges to waters of the State and to contact an engineer to develop a plan of action to make improvements to the site that meet design standards. The Van Zantes also agreed to pay a $6,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to a manure release from an animal feeding operation located at a different site in Wapello County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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Neal Rupiper
Neal Rupiper, of Carroll, agreed in a consent order to submit a plan of action to the DNR for manure controls, to install manure controls and pay a $4,500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to a manure discharge from an open cattle feedlot reaching Brushy Creek. This enforcement action was taken in June.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Schult Enterprises, LLC and Michael Schult, dba Schult Engineering
Schult Enterprises, LLC of Camanche, and Michael Schult, dba Schult Engineering, of Princeton, agreed in a consent order to pay a $4,000 penalty and to install pollution control technology at a storm water intake. The consent order is in regard to failure to properly report the occurrence of a hazardous condition and an unpermitted discharge of pollutants to the Mississippi River.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: David Wornson
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Adam Anderson
Adam Anderson, of Armstrong, agreed in a consent order to surrender his Public Water system water treatment and water distribution operator certification. Anderson also agreed to be permanently barred from applying for public water supply and wastewater treatment system operator certification in Iowa. The consent order is in regard to failure to maintain monthly operating reports (MORs) and test according to permit requirements, and falsified MORs for the City of Armstrong.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: David Wornson
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Larry Whitehead
Larry Whitehead, of Sidney, agreed in a consent order to pay a $2,500 penalty and to submit leak test results to the DNR monthly. The consent order is in regard to underground storage tank operation and maintenance violations at a site in Sidney. This enforcement action was taken in June.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: David Wornson
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Ross McCaw
Ross McCaw, dba McCaw Pumping Company, of Marengo, agreed in a consent order to cease and prevent the discharge of pollutants to waters of the State, pay a $7,500 penalty and pay $9,123.07 in fish restitution. The consent order is in regard to manure reaching Prairie Creek during manure application and a resulting fish kill. This enforcement action was taken in June.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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Brian Boyd
Brian Boyd, dba Southeast Iowa Redemption Center, of Keokuk, agreed in a consent order to pay a $500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to open burning and open dumping violations at a site in Lee County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Anne Preziosi
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Craig Hancock, dba Country Estates Mobile Home Park
Craig Hancock, dba Country Estates Mobile Home Park, of Council Bluffs, agreed in a consent order to remove and properly dispose all mobile homes, junk automobiles and appliances, and other solid waste at a site in Mills County. Hancock also agreed to perform asbestos testing and abatement before disposing any mobile home, to submit receipts to the DNR to verify proper disposal of all materials removed from the site, and to pay a $3,000 penalty. This enforcement action was taken in April.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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Wellman Dynamics Corporation
Wellman Dynamics Corporation, of Creston, agreed in a consent order to comply with air quality construction permit, Title V permitting, PSD permitting and NESHAP requirements; and to pay a $10,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to air quality permitting violations.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Anne Preziosi
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Cerro Gordo County and the City of Meservey
Cerro Gordo County and the City of Meservey agreed in a consent order to retain an engineer to submit a preliminary engineering report, to remove a bypass from the city's lift station wet well, to install new pumps at the lift station and to obtain permits for future construction or changes to wastewater treatment facilities. The county and city also agreed to pay a $1,250 penalty to the DNR and perform a supplemental environmental project (SEP) with an estimated cost of $5,800. The project will pay for improvements to leaking manholes in Meservey. The consent order is in regard to violations at the city's wastewater treatment plant.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Diana Hansen
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Doug Neuberger
Doug Neuberger, of Clear Lake, agreed in a consent order to submit a manure management plan and obtain certification as a confinement site manure applicator. The consent order is in regard to improper manure application at a site in Cerro Gordo County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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M.A., Inc.
M.A., Inc., of Burlington, agreed in a consent order to withdraw an application to renew a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the operation of the wastewater disposal system at Spring Grove Mobile Home Park in Burlington. The NPDES permit has expired and is no longer in effect.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Diana Hansen
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Robert Ness
Robert Ness, of Estherville, agreed in a consent order to submit and implement a plan of action for the construction of manure containment structures and to pay a $3,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to manure from open cattle feedlots in Emmet County entering Twelve Mile Lake.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Franklin County
Franklin County agreed in a consent order to pay a $7,500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to open burning and illegal dumping violations in rural Franklin County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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L and M Machine, LTD
L and M Machine, LTD, dba L and M Machine and Construction, and Bob Joens, all of Riceville, agreed in a consent order to pay a $2,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to asbestos removal, improper disposal of solid waste and open burning violations that occurred during the demolition of two residences in Riceville.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Anthony Trucking, Inc.
Anthony Trucking, Inc., of LeMars, agreed in a consent order to cease illegal discharge of a wastewater disposal system and to pay a $5,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to a truck wash facility in Plymouth County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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The City of Washington
The City of Washington agreed in a consent order to work with the DNR regarding the construction of a new gravity sewer line to serve a biodiesel facility and to follow a compliance schedule for improvements to its wastewater collection system, including its treatment facility. The city also agreed to stipulated penalties if the schedule is not followed.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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Grand Prix Industries, Inc.
Grand Prix Industries, Inc., of West Des Moines, agreed in a consent order to pay a $1,500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to failure to timely submit an Iowa Phosphorus Index manure management plan (MMP) update for a site in Kossuth County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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James Hogan
James Hogan, of Monticello, agreed in a consent order to pay a $2,500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to failure to timely submit a complete Iowa Phosphorus Index manure management plan (MMP) for a site in Jones County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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City of Linden
The City of Linden agreed in a consent order to comply with an implementation schedule for the construction of a new wastewater treatment facility and to stipulated penalties if deadlines are not met.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Diana Hansen
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John Morrell and Company
John Morrell and Company, of Sioux City, agreed in a consent order to retain a certified operator for its public water supply in its Sioux City facility and to pay a $5,400 penalty.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Diana Hansen
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E and F Custom Pumping, Inc.
E and F Custom Pumping, Inc., of Carroll, agreed in a consent order to pay a $4,500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to manure application violations and manure reaching an unnamed tributary of Hog Branch of the East Fork 102 River in Taylor County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Randy Clark
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Steve Frick
Steve Frick, of Sibley, agreed in a consent order to submit a construction approval application and plans and specifications for a new confinement building; submit an original manure management plan; and pay a $5,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to failure to obtain a construction permit for a swine confinement building at a site in Osceola County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Randy Clark
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River Bend Farms, Inc., and Ken Root
River Bend Farms, Inc., and Ken Root, both of Council Bluffs, agreed in a consent order to cease all open burning of tires and other solid waste, submit proof of proper disposal to the DNR and pay a $1,200 penalty. The consent order is in regard to air quality and solid waste violations at a site in Mills County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Sebergen Pigs, Inc.
Sebergen Pigs, Inc., of West Point, agreed in a consent order to establish permanent measurement devices in manure storage cells, submit quarterly reports regarding manure storage and application, and pay a $7,500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to animal feeding operation violations at a swine confinement operation in Lee County.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Randy Clark
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City of Willey
The City of Willey agreed in a consent order to conduct all training fires and demolition burns in accordance with Iowa code, to properly dispose solid waste materials and to pay a $3,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to air quality and solid waste violations stemming from demolition of a house and bar in Willey.
(Full Administrative Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Edward Branstad and Monroe "Monty" Branstad
Edward Branstad and Monroe "Monty" Branstad, both of Forest City, agreed in a consent order to remove and properly dispose all solid waste at a site in Winnebago County and pay a $4,500 penalty. The consent order resolves an appeal of a 2006 administrative order regarding air quality and solid waste violations. The consent order was agreed upon in March.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Anne Preziosi
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Crossroads Cattle Co.
Crossroads Cattle Co., of Woodbine, agreed in a consent order to maintain a current emergency open feedlot effluent release response plan and to pay a $9,500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to animal feeding operation violations at a cattle open feedlot in Harrison County.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Randy Clark
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Jones County
Jones County agreed in a consent order to a compliance schedule for constructing a new wastewater facility to serve Fairview Terrace Mobile Home Park and the unincorporated town of Fairview, and to stipulated penalties if the schedule is not followed.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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Randy Griffin
Randy Griffin, of Kellogg, agreed in a consent order to pay a $500 penalty. The consent order resolves an appeal of a 2004 administrative order regarding air quality and solid waste violations.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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Crop Production Services, Inc.
Crop Production Services, Inc., of Galesburg, Ill., agreed in a consent order to cease all illegal discharges to waters of the State, to permanently fix the cause of the illegal discharges, and to pay an $8,000 penalty and $14,960.09 in fish restitution. The consent order is in regard to a liquid fertilizer spill at a facility in Dyersville and resulting fish kill in the North Fork Maquoketa River.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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Great River Regional Waste Authority
Great River Regional Waste Authority, of Fort Madison, agreed in a consent order to take actions to prevent the receipt of solid waste generated outside its defined service area. GRRWA also agreed to notify waste haulers of its defined service area and to post signs notifying all people delivering waste of the defined service area.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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Gary Rupiper
Gary Rupiper, of Templeton, agreed in a consent order to complete installation of manure controls and to pay an $8,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to a manure discharge to Brushy Creek.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Industrial Laminates/Norplex, Inc.
Industrial Laminates/Norplex, Inc., of Postville, agreed in a consent order to pay a $3,750 penalty. The consent order is in regard to air quality operating permit violations.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Rahn Eischeid
Rahn Eischeid, of Carroll, agreed in a consent order to develop and implement appropriate manure controls at his feedlot, submit a plan of action to the DNR and pay a $5,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to a manure discharge from his open cattle feedlot to Brushy Creek in Carroll County.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Jewell Implement Co.
Jewell Implement Co., of Jewell, agreed in a consent order to cease all open burning and open dumping, develop a solid waste management plan and to pay a $1,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to solid waste and air quality violations at a site in Jewell.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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City of Independence
The City of Independence agreed in a consent order to pay an $8,000 penalty. The order is in regard to the improper operation of a city tree burn site.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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Craig Burns
Craig Burns of Postville, agreed in a consent order to perform a structural inspection on a wastewater holding tank, cease operation of the tank until it is certified as structurally sound, obtain an operation permit and pay a $4,000 penalty. Burns also agreed to plug a nearby private drinking water well if he does not obtain a variance from the DNR. The consent order is in regard to wastewater violations at a site in Monona.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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Todd Kay
Todd Kay, of Albert City, agreed in a consent order to submit a complete manure management plan (MMP) and $3,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to failure to submit a complete Iowa Phosphorus Index Manure Management Plan for a site in Buena Vista County.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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Dyersville Implement, Inc.
Dyersville Implement, Inc., of Dyersville, agreed in a consent order to remove and properly dispose all contaminated soil from the outlet of a tile line that formerly discharged wastewater from its facility to the North Fork Maquoketa River, and to pay a $7,500 penalty.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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City of North Liberty
The City of North Liberty agreed in a consent order to complete planned wastewater treatment facility upgrades according to a set schedule, operate and maintain the treatment plant as to prevent the exceedence of authorized discharge limits, and to pay a $6,000 penalty. The city also agreed to pay stipulated penalties if the upgrade schedule is not followed. The consent order is in regard to wastewater violations.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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Mike Coady
Mike Coady, dba Silver Lake Finishing, of Fairmont, Minn., agreed in a consent order to pay a $4,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to the use of a non-certified manure applicator at a hog confinement in Kossuth County.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Beck Oil Company of Iowa, L.C.
Beck Oil Company of Iowa, L.C., of Princeton, Ill., agreed in a consent order to complete repairs and testing on an underground storage tank (UST) that failed a corrosion protection test, to submit monthly leak detection results to the DNR and to pay a $6,759 penalty. The consent order is in regard to a UST at a site in Fort Madison.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: David Wornson
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Griebel Enterprises, Inc.
Griebel Enterprises, Inc., of Paullina, agreed in a consent order to submit a complete manure management plan (MMP) and fee, and to pay a $3,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to failure to submit a complete Iowa Phosphorus Index Manure Management Plan for a facility in Baker Township, O'Brien County.
(Full Consent Order)
In a separate consent order, Griebel Enterprises agreed to submit a complete MMP and fee, and to pay a $3,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to failure to submit a complete Iowa Phosphorus Index Manure Management Plan for a facility in Dale Township, O'Brien County.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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Garrelts Livestock Feeders, LLP
Garrelts Livestock Feeders, LLP, of Ayrshire, agreed in a consent order to submit a complete manure management plan (MMP) and fee, and to pay a $3,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to failure to submit an MMP for a site in Palo Alto County.
Full Consent Order)
Contact: Carrie Schoenebaum
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Claussen Family Farm, LLC
Claussen Family Farm, LLC, of Bettendorf, agreed in a consent order to submit a plan of action for the improvement and maintenance of manure controls at its facility, install and maintain manure control structures in accordance with the plan, pay a $4,000 penalty and $1,551.02 in fish restitution. The consent order is in regard to a manure release from an open feedlot in Scott County and resulting fish kill in Conduit Creek.
Full Consent Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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City of Hamburg
The City of Hamburg agreed in a consent order to comply with an implementation schedule to rehabilitate the existing wastewater lagoon system and add a fourth lagoon cell. The city agreed to pay stipulated penalties if it does not meet the compliance schedule. The consent order is in regard to wastewater violations.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Diana Hansen
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Injectsom, LLC
Injectsom, LLC, of Grundy Center, agreed in a consent order to pay a $4,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to the use of a non-certified manure applicator at a site in Hardin County.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Loving Rest, LLC
Loving Rest, LLC, of Indianola, agreed in a consent order to operate equipment to minimize air emissions, comply with emission opacity limits, record daily observations of emissions, and pay a $5,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to air quality violations.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Anne Preziosi
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Michael and Karen Schieltz
Michael and Karen Schieltz, of New Vienna, agreed in a consent order to submit a plan of action on how manure from their animal feeding operation will be prevented from flowing into a stream, submit an application for a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, and to pay a $4,000 penalty and $9,000 in fish restitution. The consent order is in regard to a manure release and fish kill in the North Fork Maquoketa River.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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J & V Van Gorp, Inc.
J & V Van Gorp, Inc., of Newton, agreed in a consent order to cease unpermitted discharges of animal waste solids, submit a plan of action for the improvement and maintenance of manure controls at its facility, maintain the manure controls, and pay a $3,000 penalty and $907.73 in fish restitution. The consent order is in regard to a manure release and fish kill in an unnamed tributary of the North Skunk River.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Adams Pork, dba Dan Adams
Adams Pork, dba Dan Adams, of Polk City, agreed in a consent order to pay a $1,500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to failure to submit an updated manure management plan and annual compliance fee for a site in Polk County.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Council Bluffs Community School District
Council Bluffs Community School District, of Council Bluffs, agreed in a consent order to pay a $3,500 penalty. The consent order is in regard to asbestos violations during a renovation project at Thomas Jefferson High School.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Dredge Feed Service, Inc.
Dredge Feed Service, Inc., of Mount Ayr, agreed in a consent order to pay a $1,000 penalty to the DNR and $500 in a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) to pay for anti-open-burning advertisements in local newspapers. The consent order is in regard to open burning violations at a site in Ringgold County.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Jon Tack
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City of Fairfield
The City of Fairfield agreed in a consent order to comply with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit and pretreatment requirements, to adopt an enforcement response plan to address violations from industrial contributors, and to pay a $10,000 penalty. The city agreed to pay $2,500 to the DNR as a penalty and $7,500 in a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) to improve the city's wastewater system. The consent order is in regard to pretreatment violations.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Diana Hansen
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Brian Salmon, dba Mid-States Asbestos Removal, Inc.
Brian Salmon, dba Mid-States Asbestos Removal, Inc., of Davis City, S.D., agreed in a consent order to pay a $6,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to violations stemming from an asbestos abatement project at Oak Haven Care Facility in Spirit Lake.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Kelli Book
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Midwest Grain Processors Cooperative and Midwest Grain Processors, LLC
Midwest Grain Processors Cooperative and Midwest Grain Processors, LLC, both of Lakota, agreed in a consent order to comply with all permit recordkeeping, reporting and operating conditions; install an air flow monitoring system; and pay a $10,000 penalty. The consent order is in regard to air quality violations at Midwest Grain Processors' Lakota facility.
(Full Consent Order)
Contact: Anne Preziosi
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