Source: https://www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/news/article_baf262ae-fc3f-5693-bfa1-3972ac805999.html

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has fined Birds Eye Foods in Waseca  $3,125 for violating water quality standards. The case is one of 65 in 41 counties throughout Minnesota during the fourth quarter of 2013. Penalties from all 65 cases totaled just under $630,000.

Environmental enforcement investigations often take several months, and in highly complex cases more than a year. Although, in rare instances, they can involve the courts, they are most often negotiated settlements where the goal is compliance with environmental rules. Fines issued are targeted to match the environmental harm, economic advantage gained or environmental corrective actions.

Imposing monetary penalties is only part of the MPCA’s enforcement process. Agency staff continue to provide assistance, support, and information on the steps and tools necessary to achieve compliance for any company or local government that requests it.

A complete list of all enforcement actions can be found on the agency’s website at www.pca.state.mn.us.

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