Mansfield is in Platt County and is part of the Champaign-Urbana SMSA
The EPA referred the case to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan in early October, according to agency spokesman Scott Mulford.
"After discussions with them we jointly decided it was the best course of action," Mulford said.
The agency's investigation led to field tile in the area. Mulford declined to say who or what business was responsible for the spill or what pollutant killed the fish. Earlier this fall the EPA said the likely source of the pollution was the Stone Ridge Dairy, an approximately 3,000-cow facility near Mansfield and Bellflower, northwest of Mahomet.
The Stone Ridge Dairy does not have a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, according to the Illinois EPA. The agency has come under scrutiny by environmental groups and the U.S. EPA for its administration of the NPDES program that regulates what are called point sources, including confined animal facilities such as the Mansfield dairy.
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