Based on citizen complaints about the discharge of pollutants into Big Creek and an unnamed tributary to Schooley Creek in Hopkins County, Texas, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a cease and desist administrative order to Center Point Dairy for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.
The dairy, located about six miles south of Brashear, on the south side of Farm Road 2653, is a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation. The facility has been ordered to immediately stop all discharges of pollutants from its lagoon and domestic septic systems. The facility has been given seven days to clean up areas where domestic septic waste has pooled, and 14 days to properly remove solid waste from domestic septic tanks and repair septic waste collection systems. The dairy has also been asked to remove sediment buildup in its lagoon and restore the lagoon to proper operating conditions.