Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Odor”
After years of community complaints, and enduring a nauseating stench MPCA installed Hydrogen Sulfide monitors at the Birds Eye / Conagra waste lagoon. After a brief period of monitoring hydrogen sulfide levels exceeding legal limits were detected “more than 2500 times”. Conagra has been fined $1,250,000 for polluting Waseca, MN over 2500 times. How much more than 2500 times? This …
View the news here and here. Lagoon odors remain. File complaints with the MPCA if you are affected by Bird’s Eye / ConAgra’s waste. Click here to file complaint with MPCA (no account required) The old Bird’s Eye plant is left abandoned and decaying in Waseca. In addition to opening a new plant, Bird’s Eye / ConAgra is cutting jobs. …
If you are noticing pollution from Bird’s Eye’s waste lagoons or spray fields one thing you can do is file a complaint with the MPCA. Here is a link to the MPCA’s citizen complaint form. Click here to file a complaint with the MPCA Bird’s Eye Waseca’s contact information: Bird’s Eye 400 4th St SW, Waseca, MN 56093 Phone: (507) …
According to the MPCA here is a list of some of the contents of Birds Eye’s “Waste Water”. It’s hard to tell how often these chemicals are used. But it appears when they are used the air quality drops significantly. Are they leaching into the groundwater too? Should Birds Eye be required to notify citizens when they are using these …
Source: https://www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/news/article_ba9f31da-507d-577d-960f-fd9746d61662.html Published: Jul 22, 2020 Updated Jul 22, 2020 NICK GERHARDT nick.gerhardt@apgsomn.com 6-7 minutes The Waseca City Council held a special meeting Monday to discuss a non-binding letter of intent from Conagra, the parent company of Birds Eye Foods, to build a new facility south of the former Quad Graphics building. The council met in conjunction with the Waseca …
Published: July 15, 2020 Source: https://www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/news/article_12072bec-cc2b-51c2-92d9-c8443992ec0e.html The Waseca City Council voted last week to approve the annexation of 120 acres from St. Mary Township to provide Conagra the possibility to expand. The land backs up to the former Quad Graphics facility and extends south toward the wastewater treatment plant. Conagra, which is the parent company of Birds Eye Foods, may …
See the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/conagra-brands-stop-the-smell-from-birdseye-foods-in-waseca-mn This petition was created to show Birdseye Foods/Conagra Brands that the people of Waseca are not okay with the horrible odor coming from their wastewater treatment facility located just south of the city. I own a home and work in Waseca. The smell forces me and my family to keep our windows shut and stay …
Source: https://cbs58.com/news/neighbors-say-darien-still-smells-birds-eye-says-eliminating-odor-requires-time DARIEN, Wis. (CBS 58) — There’s still an odor in Darien according to some neighbors. They say the stench smells like spoiled milk, and makes you lose your appetite. CBS 58 has reported on the problem for over a year. A couple months ago, the food manufacturing facility responsible for that stink said they were doing something about …
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 …
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 …
