Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Contact: Stephen Mikkelson, 218-316-3887, 800-657-3864 St. Paul, Minn. -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) concluded 77 enforcement cases totaling $501,842 in penalties during the second quarter of 2009. The cases occurred at facilities in 36 counties throughout Minnesota. The following is a brief summary of the 77 cases completed during the second quarter of 2009.
--$35,000 - 22 LLC, for asbestos violations at Garden City.
--$30,000 - Minnesota Department of Transportation and Valley Infrastructure Group LLC, for stormwater violations at Chaska.
--$28,000 - Industrial Finishing Services, for water quality and hazardous waste violations at New York Mills.
--$25,000 - City of Belle Plaine and Heselton Construction LLC, for stormwater violations.
--$20,000 - City of Baxter and Tom's Backhoe Service Inc., for stormwater violations.
--$20,000 - Minnesota Department of Transportation and Ames Construction, for stormwater violations at Long Lake.
--$18,000 - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, for hazardous waste violations at Hibbing Community College and other locations.
--$15,000 - Diamond K Dairy Inc., for feedlot violations at Altura.
--$13,300 - City of Minneapolis Water Works, for water quality violations at Fridley Dewatering Plant.
--$13,200 - EnviroTech Remediation Services Inc., for asbestos violations at South St. Paul.
--$10,000 - Fitzgerald Excavating & Trucking Inc., for solid waste violations at Goodhue.
--$10,000 - University of Minnesota, for water quality violations at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
--$ 9,300 - City of Moose Lake, for water quality violations.
--$ 9,000 - Thein Well Co., for water quality violations at Rochester.
--$ 8,100 - Eden Lake Township (Stearns County), for stormwater violations.
--$ 7,500 - Superior Auto Auction, for stormwater violations at Pine River.
--$ 7,500 - Rybak Excavating Inc., for stormwater violations at Pine River.
--$ 7,500 - Bethany Bible Church, for asbestos violations at LeRoy.
--$ 7,425 - Fast Distributing Inc., for solid waste violations at Mountain Lake
--$ 7,268 - Bongards' Creameries Inc., for water quality violations at Perham.
--$ 7,000 - Holtmeier Construction, for stormwater violations at Rapidan
--$ 6,400 - CertainTeed Corp., for air quality violations at Shakopee.
--$ 6,250 - SIFCO Manufacturing Co., for air quality violations at Minneapolis.
--$ 5,850 - VeraSun Janesville LLC, for air quality violations at Janesville.
--$ 5,750 - Woodland Dairy Inc., for feedlot violations at Waverly.
--$ 5,535 - Ecowater Systems LLC, for hazardous waste violations at Woodbury.
--$ 5,400 - Hutchinson Technology Inc., for air quality violations at Hutchinson.
--$ 5,114 - X-cel Optical Co., for hazardous waste violations at Sauk Rapids.
--$ 5,000 - Midwest Window & Door LLC, for asbestos violations at Roseville.
--$ 4,548 - Otter Tail Power Co., for water quality violations at Hoot Lake Plant, Fergus Falls.
--$ 4,375 - McLaughlin & Schultz Inc., for air quality violations at Worthington.
--$ 4,350 - Jensen-Re Partnership and Advance Architectural Design, for stormwater violations at Two Harbors.
--$ 4,220 - Twin City Concrete Products Co., for air quality violations at St. Paul.
--$ 4,200 - J.R. Bruender Construction, for individual septic treatment system violations at Eagle Lake.
--$ 4,125 - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Dunaway Construction, for stormwater violations at Hovland.
--$ 3,950 - Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway, for air quality violations at Two Harbors.
--$ 3,850 - Gary Peterson, for stormwater violations at Pequot Lakes.
--$ 3,850 - Kraus-Anderson Construction Co. and Pine City School, for stormwater violations at Pine City.
--$ 3,750 - Valley Paving Inc., for stormwater violations at West St. Paul.
--$ 3,750 - City of West St. Paul, for stormwater violations.
--$ 3,500 - Minnesota Energy Resources Corp. and Northern Pipeline Construction, for stormwater violations at Farmington.
--$ 3,275 - Dirt Inc., for stormwater violations at Hermantown.
--$ 3,100 - ITW Heartland Parts, for hazardous waste violations at Alexandria.
--$ 2,987 - City of Avon, for stormwater violations.
--$ 2,987 - Nodland Construction Co. Inc., for stormwater violations at Avon.
--$ 2,750 - Pine City Independent School District 578 and Kraus-Anderson Construction, for stormwater violations at Pine City.
--$ 2,700 - Dobberstein Backhoe Inc., for individual septic treatment system violations at New Richland.
--$ 2,540 - Mount Development, for stormwater violations at Waconia.
--$ 2,540 - Grand T Builders Inc., for stormwater violations at Waconia.
--$ 2,500 - Koch Pipeline Co. LP and Henkels & McCoy Inc., for stormwater violations at Lake George.
--$ 2,250 - Lund Martin Construction Inc., for stormwater violations at Farmington.
--$ 2,250 - City of Farmington, for stormwater violations.
--$ 2,250 - City of Comstock, for water quality violations.
--$ 2,165 - City of Campbell, for water quality violations.
--$ 2,125 - Veit Companies LLC, for air quality violations at Rogers.
--$ 2,100 - Daktronics 202, for hazardous waste violations at Redwood Falls.
--$ 2,000 - Horseshoe Septic Service, for individual septic treatment system violations in Leslie Township (Todd County).
--$ 2,000 - Solid Bottom, for individual septic treatment system violations at Bagley
--$ 1,687 - MAACO Auto Painting & Body Works, for air quality violations at Osseo
--$ 1,386 - WM Renewable Energy LLC, for air quality violations at Elk River.
--$ 1,300 - G&A Farms Inc., Steen, for feedlot violations.
--$ 690 - Jason Tipton, for individual septic treatment system violations at Goodhue. The penalties for the following cases were forgiven. In cases where there are no serious or repeat violations, the penalty must be forgivable if the specified corrective actions are completed within 30 days. This offers the regulated party a chance and motivation to correct problems without paying a monetary penalty.
--$ 8,750 - Bustad Excavation Service, for solid waste violations at Austin.
--$ 7,000 - Country Stone and Soil of Minnesota Inc., for water quality violations at Lakeville.
--$ 7,000 - Blair Farms Inc., Glenwood, for feedlot violations.
--$ 6,350 - ADM Corn Processing, for air quality violations at Marshall.
--$ 5,750 - McMeredith Development, for stormwater violations at Mankato.
--$ 2,750 - American Crystal Sugar, for air quality violations at Crookston.
--$ 2,700 - Industrial Painting Specialist, for air quality violations at Hugo.
--$ 2,700 - County Line Construction, for air quality violations at Webster.
--$ 2,700 - A-1 Excavation & Recycling Inc., for air quality violations at Blaine.
--$ 2,700 - Bay State Milling Co., for air quality violations at Winona.
--$ 1,000 - Matt Craft, Andy Marx, for solid waste violations at Rochester.
--$ 750 - Enviro-Chem Inc., for air quality violations at Rogers.
--$ 750 - Consolidated Ready Mix Inc., for air quality violations at Bellingham.
--$ 750 - ME Global Inc., for air quality violations at Minneapolis.
--$ 750 - Stommes Construction Inc., for air quality violations at St. Cloud. 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 questions on specific enforcement cases, call Stephen Mikkelson, Information Officer, at 218-316-3887, or toll free at 800-657-3864.