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Suiza Dairy agreed to pay a penalty and make significant upgrades to settle Clean Air Act violations. The case stemmed from violations at two Suiza Dairy Corporation dairies located in Rio Piedras and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, including two major releases of anhydrous ammonia from the Rio Piedras facility. As part of the consent decree, Suiza agreed to pay a penalty of 275,000 and spend approximately 3.75 million on projects to improve the refrigeration systems at both facilities, considerably reduce the amount of anhydrous ammonia in the systems at both facilities, improve alarm and ammonia release notification procedures, and provide medical training and/or equipment to medical personnel to ...View all