Settlement offered on Blue Creek manure spill

Nearly $9,000 in fines are being proposed by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) to be levied against David A. Schmidt of Monroe for a September manure discharge into the Blue Creek ditch. On December 4, via certified mail, IDEM served Schmidt with a Notice of Violation and a Proposed Agreed Order (PAO). The PAO is a qualified offer of the settlement stemming from an investigation of Schmidt’s property at 3873 S. 200 E.