At issue are violations at Allen Harim's poultry processing facility in Harbeson and its hatchery in Dagsboro. According to DNREC, from July through November 2016, Allen Harim's Harbeson poultry processing facility had numerous violations of their National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) wastewater permit for ammonia, phosphorus, total suspended solids and bacteria. DNREC issued a Notice of Administrative Penalty Assessment and Secretary's Order to address these and prior violations of the facility's NPDES permit. Subsequent upgrades at the Harbeson facility has enabled Allen Harim to operate in compliance with their permit.