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Source: Associated Press
Yuengling Brewery Settles With Feds Over Water Violations
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HARRISBURG, Pa. Jun 23, 2016, 3:58 PM ET
The country's oldest brewery has installed an $8 million wastewater pretreatment system and will pay a $2.8 million fine to settle allegations that it violated the Clean Water Act.
Federal authorities say in a consent decree filed Thursday that D.G. Yuengling (YING'-ling) & Son agreed to the penalty to settle allegations that it charged pollutants into a Pennsylvania municipal wastewater treatment plant numerous times between 2008 and 2015.
Authorities say in a complaint filed concurrently with the settlement that the Pottsville-based company violated pretreatment permit requirements, including discharge limits for pollutants, at least 141 times in that time period.
Yuengling says the agreement strengthens its environmental protocols. Company officials say the brewery wastewater isn't toxic but the organic materials can upset the Greater Pottsville Area Sewer Authority's treatment process.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/yuengling-brewery-settles-feds-water-violations-40084835
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)i love yuengling black and tan.
hedda_foil
(16,373 posts)I just saw an ad for it which blew my mind. Chinese made Bavarian brats in Chicago. Will globalization ever cease?
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safeinOhio
(32,674 posts)Sense 1839, our oldest brewery.
gladium et scutum
(806 posts)IMO, Better than the Clydesdale filtered stuff from InBev.