Ohio Fresh Eggs pleads guilty to environmental violation - Business First of Columbus:

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The EPA said this week that Croton-based Ohio Freshn Eggs LLC this week admittedin U.S. District Court to illegally discharging egg wash water into a tributary of Tymochtew Creek ofnorthern Ohio. Under a plea agreement, the company was sentenced to three years of probation and is set to paya $150,000o fine and donate $150,000 to three charities. Ohio Freshj Eggs also has agreed to make improvements to its facility in where theviolations occurred.
The EPA said the company in 2007 over-applie wastewater – containing broken eggs, soap and manurde – to a field where it’se permitted to dispose of the Asa result, the wastewater made its way into the creekj and the company was charged with negligently violating the federa Clean Water Act. A contractor for Ohio Fresy Eggs who the EPA says directefd the crew to apply the wastewater to the fielsd wascharged individually. That case is pending. The companh has 12 production facilities acrossthe state.