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Dames <br /> hit with <br /> z <br /> .lawsuits <br /> ■ State, SJ county want z <br /> to stop tainted discharge <br /> By HATHIE A. SMPPH <br /> BE CAPfrOL BUREAU <br /> SACRAMENTO — Four San Joaquin <br /> County dairies have been sued by the <br /> state and the county for allegedly allow- <br /> ing runoff contaminated with cattle ma,` <br /> nure to flow into nearby waterways. <br /> Attorney General Bill Lockyer joined <br /> San Joaquin County District Attorney i <br /> John. Phillips in filing lawsuits in San <br /> Joaquin County Superior Court.againsC <br /> • Lucky J.Dairy near Tracy, operated <br /> by Bruce Kimbrough. <br /> • ManJeau Holsteins, near Stockton, I <br /> operated by Manuel Borges. <br /> • •,Quaresma&Sons Dairy„near Man- <br /> teca- <br /> 0 Machado &`Machad'o ,Dairy; near <br /> Manteca!: .,. -�q. - <br /> The'statf an county are seeking civil <br /> penalties;againstthe dairies. <br /> According'.toethe Attorngy General's <br /> office, the'Central;Valley Regional Wa- <br /> ter Quality Control Board issued clean- <br /> up and abatement orders to all four <br /> dairies in early 1998 <br /> The orders came,,after testing'deter- <br /> mined that.wastewater in ditchesi;near i <br /> the dairies was toxic to fish;°waterfowl <br /> and other aquatic life: <br /> These dairies are operating like a <br /> small city without a sewage, treatment <br /> Plan," Lockyer said in a writtenstate- <br /> ment. <br /> 'By continuing to ignore state cleanup <br /> and abatement orders, the four dairies ' <br /> are threatening the water quality, not <br /> only of localsloughs and ditches, but <br /> t also the San Joaquin River, which is <br /> used.for recreation and drinking sup- <br /> Plies." <br /> up- <br /> Plies" <br /> Lockyer's spokeswoman, Sandy Mi- ; <br /> chioku, said the board left if up to the <br /> dairies to determine what they needed <br /> to do to fix the problems. <br /> They can address it any way they feel <br /> • they can as long as they get the (re- <br /> quired) outcome," she said. <br /> In all four cases, she said,the require- i <br /> ments were not met. <br /> Michioku said one discharge at the <br /> Lucky J Dairy resulted in 50,000 gallons <br /> of polluted runoff flowing toward the <br />