Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Contact: Stephen Mikkelson, (218) 855-5001 or (800) 657-3864 EDITOR'S NOTE: Cases listed below are from these counties: Benton, Cass, Chippewa, Clearwater, Cook, Dakota, Dodge, Goodhue, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Lake, Le Sueur, Lyon, Martin, Meeker, Morrison, Mower, Nobles, Pine, Ramsey, Renville, Rice, Scott, Sherburne, St. Louis, Stearns, Stevens, Swift, Traverse, Wabasha, Winona and Yellow Medicine. St. Paul, Minn. -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) concluded 39 enforcement cases totaling $857,564 in penalties during the third quarter of 2008. The cases occurred at facilities in 33 counties throughout Minnesota. The following is a brief summary of all 39 cases completed during the third quarter of 2008: -- $442,600 - Pan-O-Gold Baking Co., St. Cloud, for air quality violations.
-- $119, 544 - United States Steel - Minntac, Mountain Iron, for air and water quality violations.
-- $52,000 - Joyner's Die Casting & Plating Inc., Brooklyn Park, for hazardous waste and air quality violations.
-- $39,960 - Gluek Brewing Co. and Cold Spring Brewing Co., Cold Spring, for water quality violations.
-- $30,000 - Endres Processing LLC, Rosemount, for solid waste violations.
-- $12,879 - City of Wheaton, for water quality violations.
-- $10,000 - Epic Development LLC & DSV Construction, Dakota County, for stormwater violations.
-- $10,000 - ADM, Marshal, for air quality violations.
-- $10,000 - City of Henriette, for stormwater violations.
-- $10,000 - Lutsen Development Corp./Scenic Landscaping, Lutsen, for stormwater violations.
-- $9,643 - Badger Equipment, Winona, for air and water quality violations.
-- $9,500 - Federal-Mogul Corp., Lake City, for air quality violations.
-- $8,700 - Blomkest Oil, Blomkest, for above-ground storage tank violations.
-- $7,700 - Mark and Mary Davis, and Lake West Landscaping LLC, Mounds, for stormwater violations in Lake Prairie Township, Nicollet County.
-- $7,187 - Louis Leustek and Sons Inc., Ely, for stormwater violations in Silver Bay.
-- $6,187 - North Metro Harness Initiative LLC, Minneapolis, and Arnt Construction Co. Inc., Hugo, for stormwater violations in Columbus Township, Anoka County.
-- $6,000 - Hancock Pro Pork Inc., Hancock, for feedlot violations in Moore Township, Stevens County.
-- $5,000 - Al-Corn Clean Fuel, Claremont, for air quality violations.
-- $4,920 - Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Faribault, for hazardous waste violations.
-- $4,824 - Randt Recycling Technologies Inc., Litchfield, for hazardous waste violations.
-- $4,100 - POR MRK Real Estate LLC and APPRO Development Inc., Farmington, for stormwater violations.
-- $4,100 - City of Eagan and Minger Construction Inc., for stormwater violations.
-- $4,000 - City of Braham wastewater treatment facility, for water quality violations.
-- $3,800 - Concordia University, St. Paul, for stormwater violations.
-- $3,750 - Central Minnesota Ethanol Co-op, Little Falls, for air quality violations.
-- $3,700 - Marine Iron & Ship Building, Duluth, for water quality violations.
-- $3,500 - Minnesota Soybean Processors, Brewster, for air quality violations.
-- $3,323 - East Dublin Dairy LLP, Kerkhoven, for solid waste violations.
-- $3,150 - Forest Royale LLC, Cass County, for stormwater violations.
-- $2,812 - EFH Co., Lakeville, for stormwater violations.
-- $2,475 - Minnesota Falls Demo landfill, Granite Falls, for solid waste violations.
-- $2,475 - Mark Squibb, Olivia, for solid waste violations.
-- $2,250 - CHS Oilseed Processing, Fairmont, for air quality violations.
-- $2,250 - Wodele Demo, Wabasha, for solid waste violations.
-- $1,875 - First National Bank of Bagley, Bagley, for water quality violations.
-- $1,020 - Home Depot, Maple Grove, for hazardous waste violations.
-- $1,000 - Richard Lickteig, Austin, for individual septic treatment system violations.
-- $840 - Steve Tupy (Tupy Property), New Prague, for solid waste violations.
-- $500 - Lenort Pork, Fairmont, for feedlot violations.
A complete summary of environmental enforcement actions and news releases can be found on the MPCA's News Media Center Web page at/newscenter/index.html. For information about specific enforcement cases, call Stephen Mikkelson, Information Officer, at (218) 855-5001 or toll free at (800) 657-3864.