Indianapolis-The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has issued a notice of violation to the owner/operator of a large Winchester concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) in connection with a fish kill exceeding 100,000 that state investigators have been looking into for more than four months. The notice of violation was issued Nov. 10 to Aaron Chalfant of Winchester for failing to prevent land-applied animal waste from entering waters, failing to prevent runoff, and for applying on saturated grounds. In addition, Chalfant did not adequately report spill information or notify the nearest downstream user. State officials reported at that time the area affected was a 21-mile stretch of the Mississinewa River. Chalfant’s operation has been described as consisting of 4,000 swine generating over 200,000 cubic feet of manure annually.
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