Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Contact: Stephen Mikkelson, 218-855-5001 EDITOR'S NOTE: Cases listed below are from the following counties: Blue Earth, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Clearwater, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Dakota, Grant, Hennepin, Hubbard, Isanti, Kandiyohi, Lyon, Martin, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Red Lake, Rice, Rock, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Washington, Winona and Wright. St. Paul, Minn. -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) concluded 55 enforcement cases totaling $484,207 in penalties during the second quarter of 2007. The cases occurred at facilities in 30 counties throughout Minnesota. The following is a brief summary of all 55 cases completed during the second quarter of 2007:
· $60,000 - Marathon Petroleum Co. LLC, St. Paul Park, for air quality violations.
· $52,943 - Enviro-Chem Inc., Rogers, for air quality violations.
· $40,000 - Aircraft Services International Group, Bloomington, for emergency response violations.
· $37,500 - Sienna Corp., Minnetrista, for stormwater violations.
· $35,325 - Friedges Excavating; Giles Properties, Farmington, for stormwater violations.
· $30,760 - MnDak Concrete Inc., St. Hilaire, for water quality violations.
· $17,400 - New Horizon Dairy, Hoffman, for feedlot violations.
· $16,000 - Clear Lake/Clearwater Joint Sewer Authority, Clear Lake, for water quality violations.
· $15,000 - Dairyridge Inc., Long Prairie, for feedlot violations.
· $11,212 - Lone Tree Dairy LLP, Cottonwood, for feedlot violations.
· $10,000 - Riley Bros. Construction Inc., Comstock Township, for stormwater violations.
· $10,000 - City Village Homes, Minneapolis, for asbestos violations.
· $10,000 - Lloyd's Construction Services Inc.; ISD 110, Waconia, for stormwater violations.
· $9,625 - Mid-State Recycling Services Inc., Pine River, for solid waste violations.
· $9,433 - Lyn Johnson, dba Lyn's Auto Body, Cloquet, for hazardous waste violations.
· $9,315 - Mountain Power Hydraulics Inc., Mountain Lake, for hazardous waste violations.
· $9,000 - City of Brooten, Brooten, for water quality violations.
· $8,500 - Northstar Ethanol, Lake Crystal, for air quality violations.
· $7,450 - Randt Recycling Technologies Inc., Carver, hazardous waste violations.
· $7,302 - EDCO Products Inc., Hopkins, for air quality violations.
· $7,176 - City of Plummer, Plummer, for water quality violations.
· $6,750 - Valter's Aviation, Lake Elmo, for underground storage tank violations.
· $5,950 - Property 3 Homes Inc.; Miss. River Shores Development, Brainerd, for stormwater violations.
· $5,750 - Canadian Pacific Railway, Maine Prairie Township, for stormwater violations.
· $5,225 - City of Otsego, Otsego, for water quality violations.
· $5,125 - Anagram International Inc., Eden Prairie, for hazardous waste violations.
· $5,000 - Triple J. Land and Livestock LLP, Fairmont, for feedlot violations.
· $4,750 - Norcraft Companies, dba Mid-Continent Cabinetry, Cottonwood, for air quality violations.
· $4,700 - Dave and Darlene Frick, dba Dave's Repair, Hills, for hazardous waste violations.
· $4,500 - Church of St. Mary/Donlar Construction, Waverly, for stormwater violations.
· $4,500 - Louisa Builders LLC & Nord Excavating Inc., Mounds View, for stormwater violations.
· $4,404 - Industrial Finishing Services, Deer Creek, for hazardous waste violations.
· $4,375 - Ralph Kern, Morristown, for solid waste violations. · $4,208 - Koeckeritz Excavating Inc., Washington County, for septic system violations.
· $4,200 - Nessler Grain Service Inc., St. Charles, for above ground storage tank violations.
· $3,500 - D & G Chanhassen LLC; Boyer Building Corp.; Imperial Developers Inc., Chanhassen, for stormwater violations.
· $3,500 - Richard Grand; Miller Lake Road Site, Finlayson, for stormwater violations.
· $3,500 - Lake State Federal Credit Union; Gred Anderson Builders, Isanti, for stormwater violations.
· $3,113 - Partners Woodcraft, Fridley, for hazardous waste violations.
· $2,520 - Viking Drill & Tool, St. Paul, for hazardous waste violations.
· $2,475 - American Crystal Sugar, East Grand Forks, for air quality violations.
· $2,305 - Kevin Geer, dba Monkey's Dent Shop, New London, for hazardous waste violations.
· $2,250 - Donnay Homes Inc.; Busse Construction Inc., Brooklyn Park, for stormwater violations.
· $2,250 - Loren Kerfeld; Ken Croat, Sauk Rapids, for stormwater violations.
· $2,250 - Manley Brothers Construction, Eagan, for stormwater violations.
· $2,250 - Wright Homes Inc., Savage, for stormwater violations.
· $1,687 - Univ. of Minnesota Faye Thompson Center for Environmental Management, Minneapolis, for hazardous waste violations.
· $1,687 - Univ. of Minnesota-St. Paul Campus, St. Paul, for hazardous waste violations.
· $1,630 - City of Mountain Lake, Mountain Lake, for water quality violations.
· $1,562 - LePier Oil Co. Inc., Fosston, for hazardous waste violations.
· $1,200 - Ingleside Engineering, Loretto, for above ground storage tank violations.
· $1,100 - Schoening Excavating; Donald Baird, Delano, for septic system violations.
· $1,000 - City of La Porte, La Porte, for water quality violations.
· $550 - Super Radiator Coils, Chaska, for hazardous waste violations.
· $500 - Warren Lundmark, dba Lundmark Roofing, Clearbrook, 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 www.pca.state.mn.us/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.