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Elkhart board finds multiple permit violations, levies fines after company responses
Summary
The Elkhart City Board of Public Works and Utilities on Feb. 3 approved enforcement findings and penalties for several industrial permit holders, including Bunnell Aluminum, Bimbo Bakeries, Lippert Components and McDowell Enterprises, after staff presentations and company responses.
Elkhart City’s Board of Public Works and Utilities voted Feb. 3 to find multiple industrial wastewater permit holders in violation of discharge requirements and to assess penalties ranging from $200 to $4,500.
The board voted after staff summarized monitoring and compliance findings and allowed affected companies to respond. "They were inadvertently overlooked, and this was an honest oversight during a period of change," Rebecca Robbins, human resources for Bunnell Aluminum, said, describing missed sampling after a new permit went into effect in late October. Robbins noted corrective steps including a new lab checklist, an independent lab review and a nearly $200,000 flow-meter installation to improve continuous monitoring.
Why this matters: enforcement actions impose financial penalties and require companies to correct monitoring and reporting practices that protect the wastewater system and receiving waters.
What the board decided - Voyant Beauty…
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