Farm Pollution Lawsuit
June 29,
2004
(Green Bay-AP) -- A rural Luxemburg family is accusing a
900-cow dairy farm of spreading so much liquid manure that a
stream and the family's drinking well became polluted, causing
family members to become ill.
Scott and Judy Treml
asked a federal judge to order that Stahl
Farms, owned by
Glen Stahl, stop violating provisions of the U-S Clean Water
Act and pay tens of thousands of dollars in civil penalties
for violations.
The lawsuit, filed today in federal
court in Green Bay, says Stahl operates the farm about two
miles from the Treml home but has spread liquid manure on an
80-acre field across the road from the home.
According
to the suit, members of the Treml family, including three
young children, became seriously ill earlier this year from
exposure to contaminated drinking water caused by the farm's
pollution. The family had water trucked to the farm for a
time because of the problem.
Midwest Environmental
Advocates, a nonprofit public interest environmental law
center, is helping the family with the lawsuit.
No one
answered the telephone when The Associated Press called a
listing for Glen Stahl this evening, seeking comment.
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