Lexington Dinner Train gets violations for discharging wastewater into Town Branch Creek
Investigators say in April, they “found a pool of soapy wastewater along the track and draining into the Town Branch Creek,” according to a illicit discharged investigation by the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government, Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Quality.
The report says it looks like IT had happened more than once, although investigators aren’t sure how long it had been happening or how often.
The LFUCG’s Division of Water Quality and Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, Division of Water, did a joint investigation but released separate reports.
The city’s report says it appears the runoff was dishwater. The state report says it also included “unpermitted discharged of septic waste." The reports say R.J. Corman management was “unaware of this practice.”
Investigators say R.J. Corman did not have a permit to discharge wastewater into the creek. They say R.J. Corman has since received the proper equipment and permits to properly get rid of all waste through the city’s sewer system.
R.J. Corman released this statement:
“Once LFUCG Division of Water Quality informed R J Corman Railroad Company about the waste water matter, we took prompt corrective actions and we quickly abated the violation by paying for a sewer tap permit and by installing a connection to the sanitary sewer for waste water. We reviewed our operating procedures with our personnel and we are complying with regulatory requirements.”
Investigators say there was not enough wastewater to cause people or wildlife any harm.
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