# WESTERN DAIRYMEN COOPERATIVE INC
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `47700`
- **Case Number:** 08-1982-0013
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $13K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WESTERN DAIRYMEN CORP. INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:                                             THE DEF IN THIS CASE IS WESTERN DAIRYMEN COOP, INC.     (WDCI). WDCI IS A NE COOP ASSOCIATION WHICH OWNS & OPER-     ATES A DAIRY PRODUCTS PROCESSING PLANT LOCATED NEAR          RICHMAN, UTAH. THIS REFERRAL SEEKS A CIVIL ACTION PUR-       SUANT TO SEC 309(B) & (D) OF THE CWA, 33 USC SEC 1319(B)     & (D). THE STATE OF UTAH IS ALSO PROCEEDING AGAINST WDCI     IN AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION BASED ON STATE LAW.                   CAUSE OF ACTION:                                                WDCI'S PLANT PROCESSES MILK & MAKES VARIOUS DAIRY       PRODUCTS INCLUDING CHEESE. THE PLANT DISCHARGED WASTE        WATER WHICH CONTAINS WASTE PRODUCTS INCLUDING OCCASION-      ALLY HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF WHEY. WDCI HAS AN NPDES PER-     MIT COVERING THE DISCHARGES FROM THE PLANT. VIOL'S OF        THIS PERMIT IN 1974 LED TO THE ENTRY OF A CD, 9/24/75 & COL- LECTION OF $15K IN CIVIL PLTY'S. ON 4/8/81, THIS PERMIT      WAS REISSUED W/, AMONG OTHER THINGS, EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS    BASED ON THE BEST PRACTICABLE WASTE TREATMENT(BPT) STAND-    ARDS OF 40 CFR PART 405. IN 11/81 & 1/82, WDCI AGAIN         VIOL'D THEIR NPDES PERMIT BY DISCHARGING POLLUNANTS IN       CONCENTRATIONS BEYOND THOSE ALLOWED BY THEIR BPT EFFLUENT    LIMITATIONS, FAILING TO NOTIFY EPA OF THOSE DISCHARGES       W/IN THE TIME REQUIRED, FAILING TO NOTIFY EPA OF PRODUC-     TION INCREASES AS REQUIRED, & FAILING TO MEET OPERATION &    MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS. C.A.N. NC-75

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