Sore Thumbs Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 I read a snippet about Tyson killing 100,000 fish near the Monett area. Does anyone know what body of water it was? Tyson admitted fault and agreed to pay 2 Million dollar fine. Figured someone up in that area would have more information.
vernon Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 Those guys were on the verge of building a plant about fifteen miles from our house until a pretty significant community uprising drove them to Tennessee. As I understand it, the city "leaders" in Tonganoxie had struck up a sweetheart deal with them (under the cover of darkness of course) and when it became public the locals went nuts. Thankfully. Unfortunately, Tyson can afford to pay a couple of 2 million dollar fines every day of the week for forever and not even notice that its gone. Great "Americans" that they are and all. Hopefully the long term effects of this the Monett event can somehow be mitigated to the greatest extent possible. Greasy B, dtrs5kprs and Sore Thumbs 3 "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." George Carlin "The only money ever wasted is money never spent." Me.
dblades Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 It was clear creek, and I think it was mainly minnows.
dtrs5kprs Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 1 hour ago, vernon said: Those guys were on the verge of building a plant about fifteen miles from our house until a pretty significant community uprising drove them to Tennessee. As I understand it, the city "leaders" in Tonganoxie had struck up a sweetheart deal with them (under the cover of darkness of course) and when it became public the locals went nuts. Thankfully. Unfortunately, Tyson can afford to pay a couple of 2 million dollar fines every day of the week for forever and not even notice that its gone. Great "Americans" that they are and all. Hopefully the long term effects of this the Monett event can somehow be mitigated to the greatest extent possible. Lansing students took fake chickens to the Tongie game. Rivalries... Champ188 and vernon 1 1
grizwilson Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 Tyson ordered to pay $2 million for fish kill Harrison Keegan Springfield News-Leader USA TODAY NETWORK Tyson Poultry Inc. was ordered to pay $2.5 million for violating the Clean Water Act with discharges at its slaughter and processing facility in Monett that led to a major fish kill. According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Tyson was sentenced to pay a $2 million criminal fine, serve two years of probation and pay $500,000 to directly remedy the harm caused by its discharges. In May 2014, the release says, the tank used to store the liquid food supplement called Alimet sprang a leak at Tyson’s Aurora feed mill. Tyson had the spilled substance transported to its Monett plant, where it was discharged into the sewers and flowed to the city’s municipal waste treatment plant, according to the release. The Alimet killed bacteria used to reduce ammonia, and the increase in ammonia led to the death of more than 100,000 fish in Clear Creek, the release says. As part of a federal plea agreement, the release says, Tyson Poultry agreed to improve its training and implement improved policies and procedures. Tyson released the following statement about the case: “As we noted last fall, we have resolved federal concerns about a 2014 environmental incident at Monett by taking responsibility for two misdemeanor violations of the Clean Water Act. We deeply regret the mistake that was made and have taken corrective action to make sure it doesn’t happen again. We’re committed to doing better all areas of our business, especially when it comes to protecting the environment. Since the incident, we’ve conducted lessons learned training for all environmental managers in our poultry operations. We’ve strengthened our environmental policies and procedures to help prevent similar Sore Thumbs 1 “If a cluttered desk is a sign, of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk a sign?”- Albert Einstein
fishinwrench Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 I wish I could follow that 2M to see where it ends up going to. Champ188 1
Flysmallie Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, fishinwrench said: I wish I could follow that 2M to see where it ends up going to.
dan hufferd Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 I wonder how long they were dumping who know what into the water and how many other plants have this same mo. grizwilson 1
grizwilson Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 Appears to be part of the Spring River watershed: “If a cluttered desk is a sign, of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk a sign?”- Albert Einstein
MoCarp Posted March 1, 2018 Posted March 1, 2018 the poultry industry trashed Noel, Missouri IMHO a place that should be a cool touristy floating camping fishing community not the home to one of if not the largest poultry processing plant in the world, and one of the biggest influx of of refugees and chain migration illegal immigration in the USA, when the newly american live like they do "back home" our natural environment is the worse for it, limits of fish and game are a joke, and why pay for trash to be hauled off when you can toss it in a pile in the woods, have old paint, oil, antifreeze, bug killer? do what you did back home toss it in the river!... and people were shocked on why the american people voted the way we did the last election, Monett and Noel are fly over USA, enough is enough people https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/02/06/somali-refugees-missouri/97548508/ dan hufferd, vernon and Champ188 2 1 MONKEYS? what monkeys?
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