DENVER (AP) -- A meatpacking plant in Fort Morgan has pleaded guilty to violating its permit for how much bacteria it could discharge from its wastewater treatment facility.
Wichita, Kan.-based Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. entered the plea Monday to two misdemeanor permit violations. The violations occurred in 2004 and 2005.
Cargill spokesman Mark Klein says the company had reported those violations to the government. He says the company expects it will be fined in the next 30 days in federal court.
Court documents show that Cargill violated its permit because it discharged more than 2,875 pounds per day of total suspended solids and more than 400 coliform colonies per 100 milliliters.
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