The Bullet: Industrial Finishing Services, a metal coating company, has been cited for air quality and hazardous waste violations at its facility in Perham. The company had been emitting hazardous air pollutants in quantities larger than allowed by its permit…
MN Pollution Control Agency Completes 68 Enforcement Cases in Second Quarter of 2014
The MPCA completed 68 enforcement cases in 41 Minnesota counties during just the second quarter of 2014 (April-June). The civil penalties collected due to these violations exceed $735,000. The MPCA has 107 environmental enforcement investigations that are ongoing and may…
The Environmental Guide for Small Businesses in Minnesota
A guide created by the Small Business Environmental Assistance Program (SBEAP) within the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). It was created for small business manufacturers to provide them with a user-friendly guide to the regulations of the MPCA. With this…
$20,000 Penalty for Burning Tires and Hazardous Waste
The Bullet: At the request of Freeborn County the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) investigated properties where several tire fires had occurred in the recent past. The investigation revealed a generator of hazardous waste improperly disposing of both hazardous and…
Small Business Environmental Assistance Program of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
The Bullet: The Small Business Environmental Assistance Program (SBEAP) provides free, confidential, environmental assistance to small businesses. Who: The Small Business Environmental Assistance Program (SBEAP) is a service provided by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). The MPCA is the…
Ammunition Manufacturing Facility in Anoka, MN Find $44,500 by MPCA for Hazardous Waste Violations
The Bullet: Federal Cartridge Company has been fined and required to take corrective actions as a result of hazardous waste violations at its ammunition manufacturing facility in Anoka, MN. Read the press release: Federal Cartridge Company in Anoka penalized for…
Hazardous and Solid Waste Violations at Crow Wing County Landfill
The Bullet: A county landfill has paid a civil penalty of $12k for its illegal acceptance of liquid hazardous waste. View the release from the MPCA: Crow Wing County Landfill penalized for hazardous and solid waste violations Who: Crow Wing…
Train Spilled 12,000 Gallons of Oil Across Minnesota
UPDATE 2/6/2014 2:45 PM ET: According to MPCA spokeswoman Cathy Rofshus, “The MPCA directed the railroad to begin cleanup actions Feb. 6, starting in Winona, where there is more oil in the snow between the tracks because the train had slowed. This…
MPCA completes 63 enforcement cases in third quarter of 2013
St. Paul, Minn. – In its ongoing efforts to promote environmental compliance, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency concluded 63 enforcement cases in 39 counties throughout Minnesota during the third quarter of 2013. Penalties from all 63 cases totaled just over…
The Lethality Characteristic for Hazardous Waste in Minnesota
The USEPA identifies two broad categories of hazardous waste, which in turn are each further divided into four sub-categories: 1. Listed hazardous waste (40 CFR 261, Subpart D). Non-specific sources (F-codes). Specific sources (K-codes). Discarded commercial chemical products, off-specification species,…