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News Releases - 2003IEPA Asks Attorney General to Pursue Legal Action Over Manure Spill that Contaminated Creek in Bureau County
Springfield, Ill. — The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has asked the Illinois Attorney General’s Office to take enforcement action following the release of livestock manure on a farm in Bureau County last week, when equipment being used to pump out a waste storage pit failed and sent livestock waste into an unnamed creek. The IEPA alleges that David Inskeep, who operates a company that applies manure to farm fields, was pumping out the pit on Dec. 2, and failed to take action to contain or remove the spilled manure until Dec. 9, causing water pollution in violation of state law. Inskeep was previously the operations manager at the Inwood Dairy livestock facility in Peoria County. During his tenure there, that facility experienced numerous violations related to livestock waste land application practices and manure spills. “Those responsible for water pollution must take immediate action to contain the damage they cause and we are particularly concerned that this individual was involved in prior environmental violations,” said Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano. Shortly after the manure release on Dec. 2, neighbors downstream of the farm near Tiskilwa, where it occurred, used earthmoving equipment to dam up a portion of the unnamed waterway to try to prevent the flow of the waste from moving farther downstream. Inskeep did not start pumping out some of the dammed portions of the waterway until the evening of Dec. 9 after being asked to do so by the IEPA on Dec. 8. The referral to the Attorney General seeks legal action to compel Inskeep to promptly address all environmental damage caused by the manure spill. |
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