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\nOfficials have identified one of the sources of the suds that has formed in Lost River Cave over the past few months.<\/p>\n
\nOfficials have identified one of the sources of the suds that has formed in Lost River Cave over the past few months.<\/p>\n
According to Matt Powell, Bowling Green City Environmental Manager, laundry detergent production company Henkel Corporations has been confirmed as a source of the suds.<\/p>\n
Henkel\u2019s Bowling Green laundry detergent manufacturing facility produces various brands of laundry detergent.<\/p>\n
Investigations found a broken piece of infrastructure in the Henkel facility, intended to handle waste materials, was leaking linear alkylbenzene sulfonates into the groundwater.<\/p>\n
On September 16, the city issued a notice of violation to the facility, which listed several violations of city stormwater regulations:<\/p>\n
Illicit Discharge; Applicability, Responsibility
\nFailure to respond to or properly report a pollutant release
\nInfrastructure not meeting specifications
\nFailure to provide an as-built drawing
\nFailure to obtain all required permit
\nFailure to adhere to approved permit
\nFailure to perform maintenance and keep records per the MA
\nFailure to provide Post Construction Stormwater Quality Management Plan<\/p>\n
Henkel has been ordered to immediately cease all discharges of non-stormwater fluids to its injection wells, as well as take any measures needed to find and eliminate points where illicit discharges may take place.<\/p>\n
Powell said that Henkel cannot be confirmed as the only source of the suds at this time, but the city doesn\u2019t have any indicators that anybody else is contributing at the moment.<\/p>\n
As a penalty, the city requires Henkel to reimburse them for all costs sustained during the investigation. However, they will not be legally obligated to pay Lost River back for any out-of-pocket expenses.<\/p>\n
Powell said Henkel has been fully cooperative in the investigation so far.
\nSource: WBKO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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