The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a Clean Air Act settlement in which North Dakota-based Cloverdale Foods Company (Cloverdale Foods) has agreed to pay a penalty. The company has also agreed to improve the maintenance of process equipment to reduce the possibility of an accidental release of hazardous chemicals at its meat-processing facility at 3015 34th Street NW in Mandan, North Dakota. As part of the settlement, Cloverdale Foods has corrected all deficiencies EPA identified in the facility?s Risk Management Program and has agreed to complete two supplemental environmental projects to enhance community safety