Water Regulators Propose $3.75 Million In Clean Water Act Fines for Slaughterhouse

摘要

California water quality regulators have proposed levying $3.75 million in fines against National Beef for allegedly violating the Clean Water Act at its Brawley, Calif., plant. The California Regional Water Quality Control Board for the Colorado River Basin Region said in an April 18 statement that the fines also addressed the plant's alleged contribution to violations of Brawley's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.