Rolling Hills Dairy in Luxemburg will have to pay $144,000 and construct new runoff controls as a part of a settlement reached with the state in Kewaunee County Circuit Court last week. Announced by State Attorney General Josh Kaul on Wednesday, the Kewaunee County confined animal feeding operation (CAFO) reached the deal to resolve violations of Wisconsin’s wastewater laws. The state alleges Rolling Hills Dairy unlawfully discharged contaminated runoff from its feed storage area at its main dairy near the intersection of County Road AB and State Highway 29 into a tributary that eventually got to the East Twin River twice despite warnings from the Department of Natural Resources. The suit also alleges the dairy did not cooperate with DNR when it came to inspecting its facility to determine where the runoff was coming from and information on what was being done to correct it. Rolling Hills Dairy will also have to install runoff controls at its feed storage areas at its main operation and its heifer facility located nearby. You can read the full decision by clicking this link.
