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Louisiana-Pacific has been fined $15,775 for stormwater and wetland violations according to a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) enforcement investigation. Louisiana-Pacific operates a wood-board manufacturing facility in Two Harbors, Minnesota.
Violated Minnesota rules and federal standards on several occasions at a barley malting facility located in Moorhead, Minnesota.
During a residential construction project in Franklin Township in 2024, Capstone Homes and Arnt Construction failed to properly manage construction stormwater activities.
Township and private party fined $47,555 for failing to obtain a construction stormwater permit for road improvements.
Contaminated land creates significant problems for our health, environment, and economy in Minnesota. By cleaning up problem areas and protecting against future contamination, we can make land safe…
Minnesota is the first state to require producers fund boat wrap collection and recycling.
Smart Salting is a suite of techniques that minimize the environmental and economic impacts of chloride while still meeting public needs.
MPCA investigation found stormwater permit violations that occurred during a construction project in 2025, with sediment-laden stormwater entering a stream at a construction site in Chaska.
Failed to properly operate its wastewater treatment facility for the River Park housing development in Oronoco, Minnesota, from Aug.-Dec 2023 before connecting to the newly constructed Oronoco wastewater treatment plant.
Initial screening information for a contaminant of emerging concern, beta-sitosterol.
Green Plains Fairmont, LLC paid $14,175 for an ethanol spill that lasted four days and contaminated groundwater.
Minnesota GreenCorps member Heidi Blum focused on waste reduction and recycling in Edina, Minnesota.
Cities fined over $12,000 apiece for municipal wastewater violations
The fines stem from a release of sediment-laden water into a county ditch, and subsequent failures to notify, repair, and report on the incident.
MPCA investigation determined that construction sediment was discharged into the Blue Earth River and a county ditch.
In October 2023, New Ulm Steel failed a noise test at its facility. New Ulm Steel was also fined for dust escaping the facility and settling on a public road.
MPCA investigation in May 2024 found violations related to stormwater at three facilities.
The MPCA fined Heron Lake BioEnergy $18,174 for failing to properly maintain safety controls and inspect storage tanks on its property.
New Flyer of America, a bus assembly plant in Saint Cloud, paid $12,112.50 for hazardous waste violations.
Failed to obtain a construction stormwater permit prior to beginning construction and allowed sediment to discharge to wetlands as they built The Meadows housing development in Otsego, Minnesota.