EPA discovered through an inspection, a lapse in Greenville’s practices to prevent the discharge of manure and other animal production waste and that the utility did not have the necessary Clean Water Act permit to discharge.
Following this, EPA ordered the facility to stop all unauthorized discharges and apply to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for a permit to discharge wastewater.
Manure and wastewater from animal feeding operations can breed pollutants such as nitrogen and phosphorus, organic matter, sediments and pathogens into the environment and therefore needs a facility to build larger waste storage structures or change waste and material handling practices.
Tinka Hyde, director of water division at EPA, said: “When pollutants from livestock manure and other animal production waste discharge into waterways they can create a threat to public health and harm water resources.”
