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Board fines multiple firms for wastewater violations, boosts penalty for Elkhart Environmental Processing
Summary
The Elkhart Board of Works found several industrial dischargers in violation of city wastewater rules, imposing fines including a $4,000 penalty for JBS Prepared Foods and an amended $4,250 penalty for Elkhart Environmental Processing after staff presented analytical evidence of severe FOG and TPH exceedances.
At the Dec. 2 meeting the Elkhart City Board of Works imposed enforcement penalties against multiple permitted industrial dischargers for reporting or discharge violations and directed staff to pursue consent orders where appropriate.
Steve Brown of Public Works presented the violations. For JBS Prepared Foods staff reported two recent FOG (fats, oils and grease) exceedances in the prior 12 months; under the enforcement response plan that sequence carries…
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