Records, 1987-1991, n.d.

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Records, 1987-1991, n.d.

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The collection (1987-1991, n.d.) contains correspondence, legal papers, and news clippings. The majority of the correspondence is with elected officials, but also includes personal and administrative correspondence. The legal papers contain CARP's lawsuit against Iowa Beef Processors (IBP), IBP's appeal to the Envornmental Protection Commission, and a proposed ammendment to IBP's National Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit. The news clippings detail CARP's concerns regarding the pollution of Iowa/s rivers by IBP, the DNR's apathy, and the legal actions taken against IBP.

0.42 linear ft. (1 document box).

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa Beef Processors, Inc.

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Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. (IBP) was founded in 1961 in Denison, Iowa. In 1967, they opened a boxed beef operation at the company's new Dakota City plant complex, one of the first large-scale beef-processing plants in the nation, and revolutionized meat processing. Because of IBP's movement into pork and other value-added areas, Iowa Beef Processors became IBP, Inc., in 1982. The company merged with Occidental in 1981. From the description of Collection, 1980-1981. (Iowa State Univer...

Citizens Against River Pollution.

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The Citizens Against River Pollution (CARP) was a grassroots group formed in 1988 to address concerns regarding the pollution of the Iowa and Cedar Rivers in southeastern Iowa by the Columbus Junction hog slaughtering plant run by Iowa Beef Processors (IPB). The group was lead by Conesville, Iowa community member Butch Bennett and had over three hundred members. CARP members voiced their concerns to Iowa senators and representatives while filing a lawsuit against the Iowa Department of Natural R...