Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Contact: Stephen Mikkelson, 218-855-5001 Toll free: 1-800-657-3864 EDITOR'S NOTE: Cases listed below are from the following counties: Anoka, Becker, Benton, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Clay, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Goodhue, Hennepin, Isanti, Itasca, Jackson, Koochiching, Lake, Le Sueur, Marshall, McLeod, Mower, Olmsted, Pine, Pipestone, Ramsey, Renville, Scott, Stearns, St. Louis, Swift, Waseca and Washington. St. Paul, Minn. -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) concluded 50 enforcement cases totaling $554,178 in penalties during the first quarter of 2008. The cases occurred at facilities in 32 counties throughout Minnesota. The following is a brief summary of all 50 cases completed during the first quarter of 2008: -- $80,770 - Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Rail Company, Two Harbors, for above ground storage tank violations.
-- $35,000 - Le Sueur Inc., Le Sueur, for air quality violations.
-- $32,623 - Fabcon Inc., Savage, for water quality and solid waste violations.
-- $32,000 - Turtle Creek Estates & Niles-Wiest Construction Co., Austin, for stormwater violations.
-- $27,000 - Northern Metal Recycling LLC, St. Paul, for hazardous waste violations.
-- $26,700 - American Iron, dba Northern Metals LLC, St. Cloud, for air quality violations.
-- $25,000 - Eco Metal Finishing, Fridley, for hazardous waste violations.
-- $19,000 - Suzlon Rotor Corporation, Pipestone, for air quality violations.
-- $12,716 - Flueger Construction Company, Red Wing, for solid waste violations.
-- $10,000 - Washington County Public Works & Pember Excavating Inc., May Township, for stormwater violations.
-- $9,460 - Bayer Built Woodworks Inc., Belgrade, for hazardous waste violations.
-- $8,500 - City of Lake Elmo, for water quality violations.
-- $8,270 - S-B Tires, Stewart, for hazardous waste violations.
-- $8,256 - City of Iron Junction, for water quality violations.
-- $8,250 - Erickson Truck Sales & Salvage Inc., dba Erickson Truck-N-Parts, Jackson, for solid waste violations.
-- $8,130 - John Roberts Printing Co., Coon Rapids, for hazardous waste violations.
-- $7,500 - Minnesota Department of Transportation & S.M. Hentges & Sons Inc., Chanhassen, for stormwater violations.
-- $7,500 - John Kerwin & Nicollet Restoration Inc., Red Wing, for asbestos violations.
-- $7,500 - Mavo Systems Inc., Bloomington, for asbestos violations.
-- $7,500 - Shiva Maharad, Appleton, for asbestos violations.
-- $7,187 - Xcel Energy-Red Wing Generating Station, Red Wing, for air quality violations.
-- $7,000 - BNSF Railway & Hough Inc., Gorman Township, for stormwater violations.
-- $6,535 - Lake Superior Laundry, Pine City, for stormwater violations.
-- $5,785 - Olinger Transport Inc., Hector, for hazardous waste violations.
-- $5,000 - Northstar Materials, Carlton, for water quality violations.
-- $4,880 - Odyssey Development, Larsmont, for water quality violations.
-- $4,600 - Jim Dees LLC, Tri County Topsoils, Sauk Rapids, for stormwater violations.
-- $4,250 - John Collins, Brian Sprino, & Landworks Construction Inc., Cambridge, for solid waste violations.
-- $4,125 - Boise White Paper, LLC, International Falls, for air quality violations.
-- $4,000 - Valley Asphalt Products Inc., New Ulm, for air quality violations.
-- $4,000 - MJB Custom Homes (Huntington Cove), Coon Rapids, for stormwater violations.
-- $3,596 - Wendt Custom Cabinets, Moorhead, for hazardous waste violations.
-- $3,500 - Scott County Highway Department, Chard Tiling & Excavating Inc., Prior Lake, for stormwater violations.
-- $3,500 - Brenny-Dahl Concrete Products, Cloquet, for solid waste and water quality violations.
-- $3,500 - Frattalone Companies Inc., St. Paul, for asbestos violations.
-- $3,000 - Bob Guetschoff, Cambridge, for asbestos violations.
-- $2,975 - Westbrook Ag Power Inc., Westbrook, for hazardous waste and solid waste violations.
-- $2,781 - M & S Collision Inc., Maple Grove, for air quality violations.
-- $2,750 - Parker Hannifin Caphose Production Division, Deerwood, for hazardous waste violations.
-- $2,500 - Danial Bennett, Brook Park, for solid waste violations.
-- $2,320 - Quality Overhead Door Company of Rochester, Rochester, for solid waste violations.
-- $2,285 - Brown Printing Co.-Waseca Division, Waseca, for air quality violations.
-- $2,275 - Minnesota Department of Transportation, Detroit Lakes, for water quality violations.
-- $2,000 - Independent Tanning Supply, St. Cloud, for hazardous waste violations.
-- $1,997 - M & J Construction Co., Newfolden, for air quality violations.
-- $1,562 - Basset Cultured Marble & Granite LLC, Shakopee, for air quality violations.
-- $1,250 - Metropolitan Council, St. Paul, for air quality violations.
-- $1,250 - Jarnot Development (Lake Andrew-Benton County wastewater treatment facility), Benton, for water quality violations.
-- $350 - Premier Builders/Welk Logging, Longville, for stormwater 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.