The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) concluded 43 enforcement cases totaling $687,751 in penalties during the third quarter of 2011. The cases occurred at facilities in 26 counties throughout Minnesota.
The MPCA helps protect the environment by writing and enforcing environmental rules and regulations that set standards for environmental quality and limits on pollutants that can be discharged from facilities. To help regulated parties stay in compliance with rules and regulations, the MPCA conducts inspections, provides training, and distributes guidance materials.

Information on area businesses:

• $4,682 – Robert Fischer, Gibbon, for solid-waste violations.


• $2,225 – Randall and Linda Olson, Gibbon, for solid-waste violations.

• $1,775 – Broadway Body Shop, d.b.a. Mike’s Collision & Tire Center, New Ulm, for hazardous-waste violations.

• $1,625 – Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New Ulm, for hazardous-waste violations.

The penalties for the following cases are all forgivable:

• $720 – Jerry Hillmann, Gibbon, for solid-waste violations.

• $500 – Mark Takle Farm, Walnut Grove, for feedlot violations.