Failure to submit discharge monitoring reports in a timely manner.Failure to comply with a Nutrient Management Plan.Such untreated process wastewater is stated to have contained manure, urine, horse wash water, and other biological materials. Unauthorized discharges of horse wash water and other contaminated wastewater are alleged to have occurred more than 250 times between 20. Unauthorized discharges are alleged to have occurred during rain events. This includes an allegation that since at least 2012, untreated process wastewater has been discharged into the New Orleans municipal separate storm sewer system. The alleged violations involve certain terms and conditions of its Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“LPDES”) permit. Also encompassed is a one-mile dirt track and 7/8-mile turf racetrack, infield area, grandstand, casino, and associated parking areas.ĮPA alleges that Churchill Downs violated the Clean Water Act. It encompasses stables or confines that include more than 500 horses for at least 45 days a year.Ĭhurchill Downs also includes a 38.8 acre production area which includes stables, horse stall barns and receiving barns, horse wash racks, horse walkways, horse walkers, manure storage areas, and storage areas for raw materials. The facility is described as including a large concentrated animal feeding operation (“CAFO”). The proposed CD is being filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.Ĭhurchill Downs is a horseracing facility in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Churchill Downs Louisiana Horseracing Company LLC, d/b/a Fair Grounds Corporation (“Churchill Downs”) entered into a September 29th judicial Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged Clean Water Act violations.
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