Rum Runners is a drinking establishment in Farmington, Missouri, and judging from its MySpace page, the patrons there love motorcycles, boating, and pants that let their ass cracks "breathe."
The bar's owner, Matt Grisham, is in trouble for more serious harm than the sin committed against my eyes -- Missouri's Attorney General Chris Koster is suing him for allegedly violating the state's Clean Water law.
Koster alleges that the state's clean water program, through the Department of Natural Resources,
issued Grisham a permit that allowed him to use four sewage holding
tanks for the business' waste for one year, during which time Grisham
was to construct a wastewater treatment facility. The temporary holding
tanks are only permitted to be emptied by a licensed septic tank hauler
who would pump out the waste and take it to a proper facility for
disposal.
But a March inspection by DNR showed that Grisham
was emptying the septic tanks the good ol' boy way
Grisham was allegedly pumping the
raw sewage directly on the ground, just 40 yards from the St. Francis
River.
Koster said via press release yesterday, "We all must serve as stewards of our state's environmental integrity. Missouri understands this obligation and has passed laws to ensure that our rivers and streams remain unpolluted. This office will continue to enforce those laws aggressively."
Grisham could be forced to pay a penalty of as much as $10,000 per day for each day that the Clean Water Law was violated, and to pay all court costs. Perhaps he should be made to swim in the St. Francis with his mouth open, for good measure.
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