Post by Logan on Jan 25, 2016 14:41:14 GMT -6
The operator of an Orleans County ethanol production plant has been fined $87,000 in relation to illegal disposal of industrial waste from its manufacturing operation, ending an inquiry that dates to 2013.
Western New York Energy, which processes corn into bio-fuel, allowed waste water that contained petroleum hydrocarbons, ethanol, trace amounts of ammonia and shards of burned corn to be dumped on its property in the town of Shelby, just outside the village of Medina. The state Department of Environmental Conservation said Monday that the water, generated in bi-annual cleaning of plant equipment, should have been treated as industrial waste and disposed of elsewhere.
Hydro-Klean, an Iowa company that cleaned the tanks and dumping the waste water on the ground at the rear of the plant, pleaded guilty in Shelby Town Court in August 2015 to unlawful disposal of industrial wastes and was fined $50,000, the DEC said.
After negotiation with the state Attorney General's office, Western New York Energy agreed to pay an $87,000 fine and entered a guilty plea Jan. 14 in Shelby Town Court.
Continued at www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/01/25/orleans-ethanol-plant-fined-for-illegal-disposal/79296492/ .
Western New York Energy, which processes corn into bio-fuel, allowed waste water that contained petroleum hydrocarbons, ethanol, trace amounts of ammonia and shards of burned corn to be dumped on its property in the town of Shelby, just outside the village of Medina. The state Department of Environmental Conservation said Monday that the water, generated in bi-annual cleaning of plant equipment, should have been treated as industrial waste and disposed of elsewhere.
Hydro-Klean, an Iowa company that cleaned the tanks and dumping the waste water on the ground at the rear of the plant, pleaded guilty in Shelby Town Court in August 2015 to unlawful disposal of industrial wastes and was fined $50,000, the DEC said.
After negotiation with the state Attorney General's office, Western New York Energy agreed to pay an $87,000 fine and entered a guilty plea Jan. 14 in Shelby Town Court.
Continued at www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/01/25/orleans-ethanol-plant-fined-for-illegal-disposal/79296492/ .