"Spring River Initiative" and DNR Violations

The Joplin Globe, Monday, Sept.20, 2010, reported on Missouri DNR's recent "Spring River Initiative", inspecting businesses and municipalities along Spring River for permit violations. According to DNR, 68 business, large agricultural operations and municipalities in Jasper, Lawrence and Barton counties have permits to discharge into the river or its tributaries. Samples of treated waste water also are being taken from some of those sites. Seven of 31 businesses and municipalities with permits to discharge into Spring River in Southwest Missouri did not meet state requirements during a recent round of inspections.

Violators include:
Blue Top Motel and Cafe, Lamar (Bypassing a lagoon, for vegetation growing on berms around the lagoon, and failure to report discharges since June 2001.)
Feltenberger Enterprises, Lamar (General Failure to operate and maintain the site in accordance with DNR permit.)
Schrader's Salvage, Carthage (Not having an annual report, because contaminants were exposed to storm water, and because outfalls were not marked.)
D&D Dirt, LLC, Webb City (Not having Best management practices in place and because outfalls were not marked.)
Carthage Specialty Pallet Co., Carthage (Did not have storm water pollution prevention plans in place.)
D&D Sexton, Carthage (Did not have storm water pollution prevention plans in place.)
The Lamar City Airport, Lamar (Did not have storm water pollution prevention plans in place and also because it did not have inspection logs.)