Beef processor Swift Beef Company will pay $275,000 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the company – a subsidiary of JBS, one of the largest meat processors in the world – failed to comply with Clean Water Act permit limits for numerous pollutants at its facility in Grand Island, Nebraska.
“Unauthorized pollution discharges threaten the health of our nation’s waters and the public use and enjoyment of those waters,” said David Cozad, director of EPA Region 7’s Enforcement…
