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Industrial Finishing Services investigated by MPCA for air quality, hazardous waste violations

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…

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…

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,…