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Birds Eye Responds To Odor Complaints From Waseca County Residents

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Published: Aug. 09, 2017 Archived source: https://web.archive.org/web/20170815142408/https://www.keyc.com/story/36096648/birds-eye-responds-to-odor-complaints-from-waseca-county-residents/ The Birds Eye wastewater treatment facility near Waseca is responding to recent odor concerns from county residents. County staff say they’ve received a number of complaints regarding the strong odors coming from the facility, located just south of Waseca.  In a statement, Birds Eye Environmental Supervisor Clark Minks says his team has been …

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Birds Eye, Waseca County dealing with odor

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Source: The Free Press Originally published: Aug 9, 2017 WASECA ― The Birds Eye wastewater treatment facility is responding to concerns from residents about a bad smell coming from the facility just south of the city of Waseca. Waseca County staff said they heard complaints from residents on social media over the last few days about the smell from the …

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Birds Eye Wastewater Treatment Facility Odor Concerns

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Published: Aug. 8, 2017 Source: http://mankatotimes.com/2017/08/08/birds-eye-wastewater-treatment-facility-odor-concerns/ Public Service – Mankato Times WASECA, MINN. — County staff have received a number of complaints regarding the strong odors being emitted from the Birds Eye wastewater treatment facility located south of the City of Waseca at 34529 128th Street. Waseca County Planning & Zoning staff have been in contact with Birds Eye officials, …

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Birds Eye updates efforts to reduce odor in town

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Source: https://www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/news/article_fa869787-c186-5beb-9d31-bcaafdfc6527.html Odor emanating from Birds Eye Foods’ lagoon will be addressed by an additional filtration system and some other changes, representatives from the food processing facility say. At a Dec. 1 county Planning Commission meeting, Pinnacle Foods/Birds Eye’s Ralph Castro and David Radtke, health and safety manager, gave an update on what actions the plant operators have taken to …

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City Council sets preliminary 2017 levy, discusses odor in city

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Source: https://www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/news/article_1e149a0b-22a8-5509-bd2e-d4ef9f67a21f.html Waseca City Council has set a preliminary levy for 2017, the majority of which is going to capital improvements such as the city’s stormwater system. At its Sept. 20 meeting, the council set the preliminary levy at $3.875 million, a 5.5 percent increase over last year. This increase comes as the city looks to implement a capital improvement …

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Additional spray fields part of Waseca Birds Eye wastewater improvement project

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Source: https://www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/news/article_8bbd6b0a-b230-5d90-a567-ed5361b70242.html Waseca County commissioners last week agreed to modify a permit expanding Birds Eye’s spray fields and improving wastewater treatment, though a private agreement threatened to halt the anticipated increase. Pinnacle Foods, operating as Birds Eye, made the request earlier this summer, asking to expand spraying of its industrial wastewater to a 109-acre site along Hwy. 14 in Woodville …

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PROGRESS: Getting up to speed on economic development in Waseca County

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Source: https://www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/news/article_fc0a5cfd-e787-51a3-8313-8e000856c073.html Since the inception of Waseca County’s Economic Development Authority in early 2014, the seven-member board has worked to bolster business in the county. But while there have been some successes, county Planning and Zoning Administrator Mark Leiferman, whose job includes economic development, says they’re only just getting started. We sat down with Leiferman recently to get an update …

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Birds Eye in Waseca to build new waste processing lagoon that should eliminate odor in harvest season

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Source: https://www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/news/article_b543daf5-bb13-5b5f-ad7a-a7bf225f92b8.html The scent of vegetable processing has been known to waft through the warm autumn air around harvest time in Waseca. It’s an aroma that residents don’t find pleasant. That is soon to change. At its Tuesday meeting, the Waseca County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a permit for Birds Eye to build a new industrial waste processing facility …