MPCA Fines Area Firms

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency completed 63 enforcement cases in the third quarter of 2009, totaling nearly 380 thousand dollars. These cases occurred at facilities in 38 counties throughout Minnesota.

Local enforcement actions included: $10,000, John Teune Feedlot, Wilson Township (Cass County), for feedlot violations; $3,500, Tri City Paving Inc., Little Falls, for air-quality violations; $880, R & J Septic, Long Prairie, for individual septic treatment system violations.