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Enforcement

Waldbaum - Wakefield Clean Water Settlement

WASHINGTON - M.G. Waldbaum Company, a subsidiary of Minnesota-based Michael Foods Inc., has agreed to pay a $1.05 million penalty to resolve allegations that the company violated the Clean Water Act. Today's settlement, which is a joint federal-state effort, involves a large egg processing facility and seven associated poultry farms near the City of Wakefield, Neb. The civil penalty will be divided equally between the state and the federal government.


For more information, contact:

Kathryn Greenwald
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW MC 2243A
OECA/OCE/WED
Washington, DC 20460
202-564-3252
greenwald.kathryn@epa.gov