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BRATTLEBORO â The state of Vermont recently fined Commonwealth Dairy $25,000 for wastewater pretreatment discharge permit violations, but Brattleboro officials say the violations did not affect the townâs treatment plant on Riverside Drive.
According to information from the Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation, DEC personnel visited the yogurt plant in 2017 and 2018 and observed a number of violation, including improper operation and maintenance, and reporting and training inadequacies. Additional violations occurred in 2019 and 2020, according to the notice from the state.
âCommonwealth has a state permit with parameters for discharging wastewater to the Brattleboro treatment facility,â said Steve Barrett, director of the Brattleboro Department of Public Works. âThey exceeded the discharge parameters of the permit, though the treatment facility was not affected by the vi