Hunter
01/14/20
An Iowa City company has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $33,500 for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act.
According to a release from the US EPA Region 7 in Lenexa, Kansas, River Products Company, who operates a limestone quarry, failed to develop a pollution prevention plan, failed to install and maintain controls to prevent the runoff of stormwater-containing pollutants from their facility, and failed to monitor the runoff of stormwater from their facility into Muddy Creek and the Iowa River.
River Products Company also agreed to update its pollution prevention plan and certified to the EPA that it would comply with its permit and take steps to eliminate discharges to the waterways.
The settlement is subject to a public comment period, which ends Thursday, before it becomes final. Those wishing to submit comments can log onto the EPA.gov/IA website for details.
