accusing the owners of polluting local waters and requiring stricter environmental safeguards before allowing it to operate.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a complaint against the owners of the proposed Traditions Dairy near Galena, in northwestern Illinois, alleging a liquid byproduct used on-site had leaked into the South Fork of the Apple River.
The site belongs to California dairyman A.J. Bos, who has proposed a dairy of about 5,500 head of cattle next to the small town of Nora, about 30 miles east of Galena.
dairy has won approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and repeated court rulings to go ahead with construction.
new civil complaint could interfere with those plans. Moreover, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. EPA are seeking more information before giving approval
respond to five counts in the attorney general's complaint, including water pollution and discharging without a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.
Each count seeks a civil penalty of $50,000 per violation and $10,000 for each day the violation continued.
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