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    Complaint

    130882
    WPC
    3/11/2024
    Phone
    Pollution / Spills / Illicit Discharge
    Agriculture Animal Waste, Pollution to Ground Water.
    3/11/2024
    29-APR-2024 07:11AM

    Location based on SITE_ID

    Site ID
    171578
    Site
    Browning Farms
    Location
    Leonard Rd. Location
    City
    Red Boiling Springs
    Description
    140 plus acre farm with reportedly 8,000 head of cattle.
    County
    Clay
    EFO Name
    Cookeville
    Site Owner
    Mr. Trace Browning

    Investigation Results

    Referred to Enforcement
    3/12/2024
    Trace Browning
    3/12/2024

    Complaint Description and Writeup

    Mr. Jim Metzgar stated that his ponds and springs which he has used for his farms' water supplies are polluted and no longer usable for his chickens. He believes that they have been polluted from the activity and run-off from the Browning Cattle operation.