DNREC Orders Allen Harim to Take Action Protective of Human Health at Millsboro & Harbeson Facilities
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced the signing of a conciliation order today with Allen Harim Foods, LLC that requires the company to take actions protective of human health and the environment at its Millsboro and Harbeson facilities.
According to the order, Allen Harim is required to perform wastewater reduction actions; to investigate and install stormwater improvements; and to terminate stream discharge for wastewater disposal purposes at both the Harbeson and Millsboro facilities. Also, the order resolves past effluent violations at the Harbeson facility and requires clean out and repurposing of an old anaerobic lagoon as a diversion lagoon for non-compliant wastewater prior to re-treatment and disposal.
Beyond those DNREC requirements Allen Harim agrees to pay a penalty of $150,340 and will be subject to stipulated penalties by the Department for non-compliance with any corrective action provisions of the order. The conciliation order between DNREC and Allen Harim can be found at聽dnrec.delaware.gov.聽聽聽
The second action taken today by DNREC concerning Allen Harim involves the issuance of an Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Operations Permit for the company鈥檚 Harbeson facility. The operations permit allows Allen Harim to perform onsite treatment of poultry processing wastewater and subsequently to transfer treated effluent to Artesian鈥檚 Northern Sussex Regional Recharge Facility for disposal via spray irrigation. The operations permit requires that Allen Harim implement the same high聽level of treatment that would be required for spray disposal at golf courses or state parks. The permit also聽requires Allen Harim to divert non-compliant wastewater onsite for re-treatment if needed.
A copy of the operations permit can be found at the DNREC Groundwater Discharges webpage at聽https://de.gov/gwds.聽
