{"id":1701,"date":"2019-09-25T20:26:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T20:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmstand.chee.studio\/case\/center-for-biological-diversity-v-swift-beef\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T01:52:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:52:55","slug":"center-for-biological-diversity-v-swift-beef","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/case\/center-for-biological-diversity-v-swift-beef\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Biological Diversity v. Swift Beef"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FarmSTAND (formerly the Food Project at Public Justice), as well as in-house counsel, represented the Center for Biological Diversity and Food &amp; Water Watch in a lawsuit against JBS-Swift Beef Company to stop illegal discharges of slaughterhouse pollution into Colorado\u2019s South Platte River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lone Tree Wastewater Treatment Plant in Greeley receives up to 4 million gallons of wastewater each year from two slaughterhouses along the Front Range near the confluence of the South Platte and Cache la Poudre Rivers. For years the plant has been violating its Clean Water Act pollution discharge permit by discharging waste that violates toxicity standards into the Lone Tree Creek, a tributary of the South Platte River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lone Tree Plant receives wastewater from lamb and beef slaughterhouses that slaughter between 5,500 and 8,500 animals each day. The waste products generated by the plants include animal fat, blood, meat, dangerous bacteria, ammonia and excrement. The beef plant also processes and preserves animal hides, creating waste loaded with salt. These pollutants can harm human health and kill fish and other aquatic life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Clean Water Act prohibits the discharge of any pollutant from \u201cpoint sources,\u201d like the slaughterhouses\u2019 wastewater treatment plant, into waterways unless allowed by a permit. Permit violations are enforceable under the Act\u2019s citizen suit provision. The suit seeks an injunction prohibiting JBS-Swift Beef Company from continuing to violate the terms of the Lone Tree Plant\u2019s Clean Water Act permit and requiring that the companies take all necessary measures to prevent future violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-farmstand-case-resources farmstand-case-resources\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns post-inline-highlight open is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a3abbf02 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-dark-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\">Alegatos de bienhecho<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JBS-Dkt.-72-Pltfs-MTC-Prod-of-withheld-Docs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plaintiff&#8217;s Motion To Compel Production of Withheld Documents (Center for Biological Diversity v. Swift Beef)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JBS-Dkt-57-Pltfs-Reply-Brief-ISO-Mot-to-Amend-Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plaintiffs&#8217; Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Amend Complaint (Center for Biological Diversity v. Swift Beef)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JBS-Dkt-54-1-Pltfs-Suppl-Compl.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plaintiffs&#8217; Supplemental Complaint (Center for Biological Diversity v. Swift Beef)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JBS-Dkt-54-Pltfs-Mot-to-Suppl_Amend-Compl.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plaintiffs&#8217; Motion to file Supplemental Complaint (Center for Biological Diversity v. Swift Beef)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JBS-Dkt-42-Memorandum-Opinion-and-order.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memorandum Opinion and Order on Motion to Dismiss (Center for Biological Diversity v. Swift Beef)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JBS-Dkt-37-1-Plts-Proposed-Sur-Reply.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plaintiffs&#8217; Proposed Sur-reply in Support of Its Opposition to Swifts&#8217; Motion to Dismiss (Center for Biological Diversity v. Swift Beef)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/JBS-Dkt-27-Pltfs-Opp-to-MTD-20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plaintiffs&#8217; Opposition to Swift Motion to Dismiss (Center for Biological Diversity v. Swift Beef)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/JBS-Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complaint (Center for Biological Diversity v. Swift Beef)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FarmSTAND (formerly the Food Project at Public Justice), as well as in-house counsel, represented the Center for Biological Diversity and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"issue":[20],"class_list":["post-1701","case","type-case","status-publish","hentry","issue-climate-environmental-protection"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Center for Biological Diversity v. 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