6/30/15 - The Consent Decree resolves Cal-Maine Food, Inc.s (Cal-Maine) liability for violations at its large poultry concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) facility located at 2695 Adams Lane in Edwards, Hinds County, Mississippi, of the Clean Water Act (CWA), including unauthorized discharges of pollutants to waters of the United States via an unpermitted point source and noncompliance with requirements contained in a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit in violation of Section 301 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. ? 1311, and the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Law (MAWPCL), Miss. Code Ann. ?49-17-29, from January 28, 2008, to March 30, 2014. The EPA estimates that Cal-Maine will spend approximately $418,000 to complete required injunctive relief and bring its operations into compliance with the CWA. In addition to these compliance costs, the Consent Decree also requires Cal-Maine to pay a civil penalty of $475,000 to be split 50% between the EPA and the State of Mississippi as co-Plaintiffs.
Cal-Maine owns and operates the large poultry CAFO facility. Until January 1, 2015, the facility was owned by Cal-Maine and operated by its subsidiary, Cal-Maine Farms, Inc. (Cal-Maine Farms), which shared the same officers and directors. Effective January 1, 2015, Cal-Maine Farms merged into Cal-Maine. Cal-Maine is a public corporation formed in 1969 in the State of Delaware with its principle place of business located in Jackson, Mississippi.