FRANK WALLIS • Bulletin Staff Writer •
November 19, 2010
November 19, 2010
BULL SHOALS — A Bull Shoals golf course attendant
who allegedly dumped pesticides into a stream that
runs through Rivercliff Golf Course, killing
thousands of fish, is being prosecuted by the state
on three fronts.
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
issued a notice of violation Tuesday to the Rivercliff
Golf Course and to Kelly Ott of Bull Shoals alleging
Ott and Rivercliff Golf Course violated the Arkansas
Water and Air Pollution Act. ADEQ seeks $19,200 in
fines for the damage caused by a chemical spill that
agency calls "intentional" into a tributary to the
White River.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission also seeks
a fine of $2,363.
The state, represented by Ron Kincade, prosecuting
attorney for the state's 14th Judicial District, is
bringing two felony counts of improper disposal of
a hazardous waste against Ott and a misdemeanor
count of taking fish with electrical devices, firearms,
explosives, toxic, stupefying or killing substances.
Kincade said Ott pleaded not guilty to the criminal
charges Wednesday and was ordered to reappear in
court on Jan. 26. The spill occurred on July 25,
2010.
Read this entire story in the Friday, Nov. 19, 2010
print edition of The Baxter Bulletin.
who allegedly dumped pesticides into a stream that
runs through Rivercliff Golf Course, killing
thousands of fish, is being prosecuted by the state
on three fronts.
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
issued a notice of violation Tuesday to the Rivercliff
Golf Course and to Kelly Ott of Bull Shoals alleging
Ott and Rivercliff Golf Course violated the Arkansas
Water and Air Pollution Act. ADEQ seeks $19,200 in
fines for the damage caused by a chemical spill that
agency calls "intentional" into a tributary to the
White River.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission also seeks
a fine of $2,363.
The state, represented by Ron Kincade, prosecuting
attorney for the state's 14th Judicial District, is
bringing two felony counts of improper disposal of
a hazardous waste against Ott and a misdemeanor
count of taking fish with electrical devices, firearms,
explosives, toxic, stupefying or killing substances.
Kincade said Ott pleaded not guilty to the criminal
charges Wednesday and was ordered to reappear in
court on Jan. 26. The spill occurred on July 25,
2010.
Read this entire story in the Friday, Nov. 19, 2010
print edition of The Baxter Bulletin.
