Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Contact: Stephen Mikkelson, (218) 855-5001 or (800) 657-3864 St. Paul, Minn. -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) concluded 37 enforcement cases totaling $321,352 in penalties during the second quarter of 2008. The cases occurred at facilities in 26 counties throughout Minnesota. The following is a brief summary of all 37 cases completed during the second quarter of 2008: - $44,500 - Hibbing Public Utilities, Hibbing, for air-quality violations. - $39,300 - Virginia Public Utilities, Virginia, for air-quality violations. - $37,287 - Northshore Mining, Silver Bay, for solid-waste violations. - $13,200 - United Health Technology Center, Minnetonka, for air-quality violations. - $12,650 - Darling International, Blue Earth, for water-quality violations. - $10,000 - Mark Bruckelmyer, Duluth Township, St. Louis County, for stormwater violations. - $10,000 - Ken Neisen (Schommer Farm), Belle Plaine, for feedlot violations. - $10,000 - Big Stone Hutterian Colony, Clinton, for feedlot and solid-waste violations. - $10,000 - SMI Hydraulics, Porter, for hazardous-waste violations. - $9,424 - Al-Amal School and Commercial Construction, Fridley, for stormwater violations. - $8,750 - Jeff McQuarrie, Hackensack, for stormwater violations. - $8,535 - CD Corp., Winona, for stormwater violations. - $8,417 - Central Livestock Association Inc., Zumbrota, for feedlot violations. - $8,000 - Dan's Prize, Long Prairie, for water-quality violations. - $7,600 - Precision Group LLC, Long Lake, for hazardous-waste violations. - $6,972 - Daniel Prahl, doing business as Dan's Diesel Service, Sundburg, for solid and hazardous waste and above-ground storage tank violations. - $6,500 - Adrian Co-op Oil Co., Adrian, for above-ground and underground storage-tank violations. - $6,250 - Brian Kosel Farm, Owatonna, for feedlot violations. - $6,206 - Land O'Lakes, Arden Hills, for hazardous-waste violations. - $5,500 - Ted's RV Land, Ted Hoekstra, Paynesville, for stormwater violations. - $5,000 - First State Tire Disposal Inc., Pine City, for solid-waste and water-quality violations. - $4,750 - R-Way Pumpers, Melrose, for feedlot violations. - $4,725 - Sartell Water Controls Inc., Sartell, for hazardous-waste violations. - $4,721 - Fairmont Public Utilities, Fairmont, for air-quality violations. - $4,350 - Northwoods Ice, Bemidji, for water-quality violations. - $4,300 - Sand Companies Inc., Jordan, for stormwater violations. - $3,750 - Dairy Dozen, doing business as Excel Dairy, Marshall County, for feedlot violations. - $3,500 - J & J Distributing Co., St. Paul, for stormwater violations. - $3,040 - Kandiyohi County, Lake Lillian, for underground storage-tank violations. - $3,000 - Little Bob's Auto Body Center, Robert Ludwig, Rochester, for air-quality violations. - $2,975 - City of Waterville wastewater-treatment facility, Waterville, for water-quality violations. - $2,250 - Minnesota Power Inc., ML Hibbard, Duluth Township, St. Louis County, for air-quality violations. - $1,625 - Barton Solvents, Porter, for hazardous-waste violations. - $1,375 - St. Clair water treatment plant, St. Clair, for water-quality violations. - $1,000 - William Kemper, Grey Eagle Township, Todd County, for individual-septic-treatment-system violations. - $1,000 - Jerry Haluptzok, doing business as Pine Auto Salvage, Pine City, for stormwater violations. - $900 - Gaylord Sanitation, Gaylord, for solid-waste 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 information on specific enforcement cases, call Stephen Mikkelson. MPCA information officer, at (218) 855-5001 or (800) 657-3864 (toll-free/TDY).