# CARGILL INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · Voluntarily Dismissed After Filing
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53043`
- **Case Number:** 09-1998-0167
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Voluntarily Dismissed After Filing
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CARGILL INC. (complaint)
## Summary

THIS IS A JUDICIAL REFERRAL PURSUANT TO THE CWA SECTIONS     301 AND 309 ASKING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO INITIATE     CIVIL LITIGATION THROUGH INTERVENTION IN AN EXISTING         CITIZEN ENFORCMENT ACTION AGAINST CARGILL SALT DIVISION      OF CARGILL INC.  CARGILL HAS MADE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES    OF POLLUTANTS INTO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES IN CLOSE      PROXIMITY TO A NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.  THIS REFERRAL      ASKS USDOJ TO INITIATE ACTION TO ENSURE ADEQUATE INJUNCTIVE  RELIEF AND TO SEEK CIVIL PENALTIES FOR NON COMPLIANCE.

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