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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 23, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT: Tamara McIntosh, DNR, at 515-725-8242 or Tamara.Mcintosh@dnr.iowa.gov.
DES MOINES -- DNR staff work with individuals, businesses and communities to help them protect our natural resources by complying with state and federal laws. This approach is very effective. In the few cases where compliance cannot be achieved, the DNR issues enforcement actions. The following list summarizes recent enforcement actions.
For copies of the orders below, contact Kelli Book at Kelli.Book@dnr.iowa.gov Older actions can be found at www.iowadnr.gov/EnforcementActions.
Consent Orders
A consent order is issued as an alternative to issuing an administrative order. A consent order indicates that the DNR has voluntarily entered into a legally enforceable agreement with the other party.
Jackson County
Roger Kilburg
Operate all animal feeding operation structures in conformance with applicable law; plant and maintain trees and shrubs as required by the facility's permit; and pay a $3,000 administrative penalty.
Kossuth County
Eric and Dana Arndorfer
Comply with animal feeding operation laws and pay a $2,000 administrative penalty.
Administrative Orders
Responsible parties have 60 days to appeal the order or 60 days to pay the penalty.
Woodbury County
Steven & Jane Hemmingstad
Remove identified earthfill and properly dispose out of the floodplain; submit a certificate of completion to the DNR by a license engineer or surveyor; obtain and comply with a Woodbury County Floodplain Development Permit prior to working in the regulated floodplain; and pay a $10,000 administrative penalty.
MEDIA CONTACT: Sarah Piziali, DNR, at 515-725-9549 or Sarah.Piziali@dnr.iowa.gov for construction permits.
DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements. We encourage public comments on draft permits, providing help on how to make effective comments. Submit written comments to the assigned permit writer before 4:30 p.m. on the last day of the comment period. DNR considers public comments before finalizing the permits.
Construction Permits
DNR engineers review and issue construction permits to facilities before they build new or modify existing sources of air pollution. The public may review the following air quality construction permits available online at www.iowadnr.gov/airpermitsearch OR through the EASY Air Public Inquiry Portal and then click the Public Notice tab.
Scott County
Linwood Mining and Minerals Corporation – 401 E Front St., Davenport.
Project No. 20-143, Project No. 20-168.The proposed permitting action includes Projects #20-143 and #20-168, which are for the modification of existing air construction permits #71-A-084-S12 for Old Mill (EP CC-1) and #19-A-178-S1 for Scale 3 Ingredient Bins (EP CC-17). Project #20-143 allows an increase in dryer capacity. The capacity of Old Mill Dryer (EU CC-1a) is increased from 40 tons per hour to 57 tons per hour.
The capacity increase is successfully supported by a stack test result, which was conducted prior to the application submittal. Project #20-168 includes lowering the load-in capacity from 60 tons per hour to 45 tons per hour and lowering the exhaust flowrate from 3,500 scfm to 1,200 scfm based on a recent stack test.
The public comment period ends August 23.
Marion County
Pella Corporation – Pella Division – 102 Main St., Pella.
Project No. 20-196, Modification of Stack Characteristics for EP-245.
Public comment period ends Aug. 21.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is working with state and local officials to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and has transitioned employees to work remotely. DNR offices are closed to the public during this time and only available by appointment.
In another effort to further reduce the spread of COVID-19, the DNR is encouraging the use of the online services for submitting applications, payments and other daily tasks and interaction with DNR staff.
We thank you for your patience and flexibility during this time. If you need to contact DNR staff you can reach them by email or phone or by calling 515-725-8200.
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