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Saturday, August 16, 2008
Environment - More on: "Attorney says manure could not kill 25,000 fish"
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, on the manure spill last week that allegedly caused an estimated 25,000 fish to die in the Little Mississinewa River, the ILB has looked for other large fish kills and found this one:
On Feb. 29, 2008, IDEM signed Agreed Order 2007-16661-W with West Hancock Utilities. The AO (settlement agreement) provides in part:
Respondent permitted degradation of Buck Creek by discharging wastewater from its outfall that killed an estimated seventy one thousand six hundred forty five (71,645) fish and thirty one thousand five hundred thirty four crayfish (31,534), interfering with existing beneficial uses, in violation of 327 IAC 2-1-2. * * * Respondent is assessed a civil penalty of Fifty Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($50,800). * * * Pursuant to IC 13-14-10-3, Respondent shall reimburse complainant for the cost incurred by IDEM in responding to the August 2006 events which are the subject of this action. IDEM has determined this amount to be ten thousand one hundred and twenty dollars ($10,120). This dollar amount is strictly for the purposes of cost recovery, and is separate and distinct from any penalty which may also be assessed in this case. * * * Respondent shall reimburse the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (“IDNR”) for the value of the damage to natural resources, under authority of IC 14-22-10-6. IDNR has determined this figure to be seventy one thousand seven hundred ninety three dollars and forty-seven cents. ($71,793.47).
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 16, 2008 04:00 PM
Posted to Environment