The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is investigating a poultry plant for allegations of illegal dumping. According to The Clarion-Ledger, an investigator received a complaint that Water Valley Poultry had buried 40,000 pounds of chicken parts on site, and there were concerns about waste floating into the nearby Otoucalofa Creek.
According to the MDEQ report, Water Valley Poultry Manager James Waits said he decided to bury the waste after a spill on June 4. He said he followed a process he read about in an online manual.