Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Media Contact: Stephen Mikkelson, 218-855-5001 Toll free: 1-800-657-3864 EDITOR'S NOTE: Cases listed below are from the following counties: Beltrami, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Cass, Clay, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Hubbard, Itasca, Jackson, Koochiching, Lake, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Polk, Ramsey, Scott, St. Louis, Wabasha, Wadena, Washington and Wright. St. Paul, Minn. -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) concluded 35 enforcement cases totaling $226,010 in penalties during the second quarter of 2006. The cases occurred at facilities in 25 counties throughout Minnesota. The following is a brief summary of the 35 cases completed during the second quarter of 2006:
· $35,000, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Soudan State Park, for missing compliance schedule dates from a previous enforcement action.
· $22,500, Key Construction Inc. & Bradburn Wrecking Company Inc., Wichita, Kan., for asbestos violations.
· $19,000, Central Soils Remediation, dba AB Environmental, Belle Plaine, for air quality violations.
· $18,000, High Plains Dairy, Eugene Hoyer, Rice, for feedlot violations.
· $13,871, Smith Foundry, Minneapolis, for air quality violations.
· $12,600, Corn Plus, Winnebago, for above ground storage tank violations.
· $10,000, City of New Ulm and MR Paving, New Ulm, for stormwater violations.
· $10,000, Dean and Richard Khanke, dba Northtown Auto, Mankato, for hazardous waste, solid waste and air quality violations.
· $10,000, Flood Brothers Inc. & Q-Prime, Jordan, for hazardous and solid waste violations.
· $9,000, Little Pine Dairy LLP & Renaissance Dairy LLP, Gorman Township, for feedlot violations.
· $8,100, Geneva Lakeshore Additions; Freeborn Construction Inc., Geneva, for stormwater violations.
· $6,600, HC Holdings, dba Homecrest, Wadena, for hazardous waste violations.
· $6,000, North Koochiching Area Sanitary District, International Falls, for wastewater violations.
· $5,100, Thielen Bros., Eden Valley, for multimedia violations.
· $5,075, Northshore Mining Company, Silver Bay, for air quality violations.
· $4,510, United Taconite LLC, Eveleth, for water quality violations.
· $4,500, Waste Application Systems, Jackson, for feedlot violations.
· $4,320, ABA Water Systems Inc., Plainview, for water quality violations.
· $4,200, Thomas Smith, dba Metropolitan Land & Snow, St. Paul, for solid waste violations.
· $3,848, Cirrus Design Corp., Duluth, for hazardous waste violations.
· $3,725, Gemini Inc., Cannon Falls, for water quality violations.
· $3,500, The Sanctuary LLC, Stillwater, for water quality violations.
· $3,250, Synovis Life Technologies Inc., St. Paul, for hazardous waste violations.
· $2,600, Gary Bridgeford Leasing Company, Clay County, for stormwater violations.
· $2,361, John Seitz, dba Wes' Plumbing and Heating, Bemidji, for individual sewage treatment system violations.
· $2,000, DCCI Land Plannerd Inc., Oak Park Heights, for water quality violations.
· $1,500, Merit Enterprises Inc., Isle, for hazardous waste violations.
· $1,400, Hermantown Molding & Millwork, Hermantown, for hazardous waste violations.
· $1,250, Ainsworth Engineered LLC, Bemidji, for air quality violations.
· $950, Mann Excavating & Trucking Inc., Deer River, for individual sewage treatment system violations.
· $850, Shepard Excavating & Septic Service, Laporte, for individual sewage treatment system violations.
· $850, Schluender Construction Inc., Monticello, for individual sewage treatment system violations.
· $850, Shawn Wageman, Wright & Cass counties, for individual sewage treatment system violations.
· $600, Twin Pines Construction Inc., Benedict, for individual sewage treatment system violations.
· $600, American Crystal Sugar Company, Crookston, for air quality violations.
A complete summary of environmental enforcement actions and news releases can be found on the MPCA's News Media Center Web page at hhref="/newscenter/index.html. For questions on specific enforcement cases, please contact Stephen Mikkelson, Information Officer at 218-855-5001, or toll-free at 1-800-657-3864.