# IOWA BEEF PROCESSORS, INC./IBP
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27673`
- **Case Number:** 05-1991-0077
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $250K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- IOWA BEEF PROCESSORS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

IOWA BEEF PACKER HAS ON CONTINUOUS BASIS, VIOLATED THE TERMS OF ITS NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM       (NPDES) PERMIT AND THE CLEAN WATER ACT.                      -                                                            IBP, INC. OPERATES A BEEF SLAUGHTER AND MEAT PROCESSING      PLANT; IT IS ALSO ENGAGED IN LEATHER TANNING AND FINISHING.  THE FACILITY IS LOCATED IN JOSLIN, IL.  IBP, INC. WAS ISSUED ITS PRESENT NPDES PERMIT ON 5/5/88.  THIS PERMIT CONTAINS    SPECIFIC EFFLUENT LIMITS FOR IBP'S WASTE DISCHARGES AT OUT-  FALLS 001 AND 002.  THE COMBINED DISCHARGE (001 AND 002) IS  DESIGNATED OUTFALL 003.  ACCORDING TO IBP'S DISCHARGE AND    MONITORING REPORTS FROM JUNE 1988 THROUGH DEC 1990, IBP      VIOLATED THESE LIMTIS 356 TIMES.  IN PARTICULAR, IBP VIO-    LATED REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.  IBP HAS HAD AMPLE TIME TO     COMPLY WITH THESE LIMITS SINCE THEY WERE FIRST INCORPORATED  AS PERMIT LIMITATIONS IN 1988.  ADDITIONALLY, THE LIMITS     HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT TO U.S. EPA'S ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, AS WELL AS LETTERS OF NONCOMPLIANCE FROM THE ILLINOIS EPA.      -                                                            THE LITIGATION REPORT RECOMMENDS SEEKING BOTH INJUNCTIVE RE- LIEF AND THE ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES.

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