Pollution in Minnesota

Minnesota hosts 25 Superfund cleanup sites, 538 facilities reporting to EPA's Toxic Release Inventory, and 69 facilities currently in significant noncompliance with federal environmental laws. EPA has assessed $107.5M in lifetime penalties across these facilities, and TRI reporters released roughly 15.6M pounds of regulated chemicals on-site in the latest reporting year. The single largest on-site releaser is Sherburne County Generating Plant in Becker, reporting 3.3M lb to EPA.

Superfund Sites25NPL
TRI Facilities538active reporters
Significant Violators69current SNC
Total Penalties$107.5Mlifetime

Superfund sites in Minnesota

SiteCityStatus
Baytown Township Ground Water PlumeBaytown TownshipCleanup underway
Burlington Northern Brainerd Baxter PlantBrainerd/BaxterConstruction complete
Fmc Corp Fridley PlantFridleyConstruction complete
Freeway Sanitary LandfillBurnsvilleListed on NPL
General Mills Henkel CorpMinneapolisConstruction complete
Highway 100 And County Road 3 Groundwater PlumeEdina, St. Louis ParkListed on NPL
Joslyn Manufacturing Supply CoBrooklyn CenterConstruction complete
Koppers CokeSt. PaulConstruction complete
Kurt Manufacturing CoFridleyConstruction complete
Lehillier MankatoLehillierReady for anticipated reuse
Long Prairie Ground Water ContaminationLong PrairieConstruction complete
Macgillis Gibbs Co Bell Lumber Pole CoNew BrightonConstruction complete
Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance PlantFridleyReady for anticipated reuse
New Brighton Arden Hills Tcaap UsarmyNew BrightonCleanup underway
Oakdale DumpOakdaleConstruction complete
Perham Arsenic SitePerhamReady for anticipated reuse
Reilly Tar Chemical Corp St Louis Park PlantSt. Louis ParkConstruction complete
Ritari Post PoleSebekaConstruction complete
South Andover SiteAndoverReady for anticipated reuse
South Minneapolis Residential Soil ContaminationMinneapolisReady for anticipated reuse
Southeast Hennepin Area Groundwater And VaporMinneapolisListed on NPL
Spring Park Municipal Well FieldSpring ParkListed on NPL
St Louis River SiteSt. Louis CountyCleanup underway
St Regis Paper CoCass LakeCleanup underway
Waite Park WellsWaite Park, St CloudConstruction complete

Largest Minnesota releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)
Sherburne County Generating PlantBecker3.3M
Boswell Energy CenterCohasset2.0M
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend, LlcRosemount748.7k
Archer Daniels Midland CompanyMankato688.5k
Chs Oilseed ProcessingMankato638.6k
Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar CoopRenville597.8k
Central Bi-ProductsRedwood Falls519.0k
Minnesota Soybean ProcessorsBrewster468.1k
3m Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove FacilityCottage Grove448.6k
American Crystal Sugar - CrookstonCrookston418.9k
Boise White Paper LlcInternational Falls335.5k
Sappi Cloquet LlcCloquet327.7k
Central Bi-Products - Long Prairie FacilityLong Prairie325.4k
Chs Oilseed Processing (Chs)Fairmont300.7k
American Crystal Sugar - MoorheadMoorhead284.6k
Chs HallockKennedy284.4k
Crown Cork & SealOwatonna233.2k
Marathon St. Paul Park RefinerySt. Paul Park219.4k
American Crystal Sugar - East Grand ForksEast Grand Forks197.4k
Ag Processing, Inc.Dawson176.9k
3m HutchinsonHutchinson167.9k
M.g. Waldbaum Company - GaylordGaylord119.4k
Gold'n Plump Poultry - Cold Spring MnCold Spring101.1k
Cottage Grove CogenerationCottage Grove99.5k
Crown Cork And Seal Usa Inc - MankatoMankato93.4k

By county

Hennepin County County7 SF · 88 TRI · 3 violatorsSt. Louis County County1 SF · 19 TRI · 7 violatorsRamsey County County3 SF · 37 TRI · 0 violatorsStearns County County1 SF · 23 TRI · 0 violatorsDakota County County1 SF · 23 TRI · 2 violatorsAnoka County County4 SF · 30 TRI · 1 violatorsBlue Earth County County1 SF · 15 TRI · 1 violatorsOlmsted County County0 SF · 9 TRI · 1 violatorsScott County County0 SF · 16 TRI · 2 violatorsNobles County County0 SF · 5 TRI · 2 violatorsWinona County County0 SF · 13 TRI · 0 violatorsOtter Tail County County1 SF · 7 TRI · 1 violatorsFreeborn County0 SF · 6 TRI · 0 violatorsWashington County County2 SF · 14 TRI · 0 violatorsMorrison County County0 SF · 5 TRI · 1 violatorsWright County0 SF · 8 TRI · 0 violatorsRice County County0 SF · 11 TRI · 0 violatorsDouglas County County0 SF · 6 TRI · 0 violatorsGoodhue County County0 SF · 15 TRI · 1 violatorsCook County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsKandiyohi County County0 SF · 6 TRI · 2 violatorsBecker County County0 SF · 5 TRI · 4 violatorsSherburne County County0 SF · 6 TRI · 1 violatorsSteele County County0 SF · 14 TRI · 2 violatorsItasca County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 2 violatorsMartin County County0 SF · 8 TRI · 0 violatorsRedwood County County0 SF · 5 TRI · 0 violatorsRenville County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsClay County County0 SF · 3 TRI · 1 violatorsWatonwan County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsMower County County0 SF · 1 TRI · 0 violatorsBenton County0 SF · 3 TRI · 2 violatorsFillmore County County0 SF · 3 TRI · 2 violatorsLyon County County0 SF · 7 TRI · 0 violatorsBrown County County0 SF · 5 TRI · 1 violatorsCass County County1 SF · 1 TRI · 0 violatorsChisago County County0 SF · 6 TRI · 1 violatorsMeeker County County0 SF · 6 TRI · 0 violatorsMille Lacs County County0 SF · 1 TRI · 1 violatorsBeltrami County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 2 violatorsCarlton County County0 SF · 3 TRI · 0 violatorsPipestone County County0 SF · 1 TRI · 0 violatorsStevens County County0 SF · 3 TRI · 0 violatorsTodd County1 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsCarver County0 SF · 12 TRI · 0 violatorsLe Sueur County0 SF · 5 TRI · 1 violatorsMcleod County County0 SF · 10 TRI · 1 violatorsPolk County County0 SF · 5 TRI · 1 violatorsMurray County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsCrow Wing County County1 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsLake County0 SF · 2 TRI · 1 violatorsRock County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsSibley County0 SF · 5 TRI · 0 violatorsYellow Medicine County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsNicollet County County0 SF · 3 TRI · 0 violatorsPine County County0 SF · 1 TRI · 0 violatorsFaribault County County0 SF · 6 TRI · 1 violatorsIsanti County County0 SF · 4 TRI · 2 violatorsSaint Louis County0 SF · 0 TRI · 2 violatorsKoochiching County County0 SF · 1 TRI · 1 violatorsSwift County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsWabasha County0 SF · 3 TRI · 1 violatorsCottonwood County0 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsJackson County County0 SF · 3 TRI · 1 violatorsMarshall County0 SF · 1 TRI · 1 violatorsDodge County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsNorman County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsRoseau County County0 SF · 2 TRI · 2 violatorsChippewa County County0 SF · 3 TRI · 0 violatorsPope County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsAitkin County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsLac Qui Parle County0 SF · 3 TRI · 0 violatorsWaseca County County0 SF · 5 TRI · 0 violatorsHubbard County County0 SF · 3 TRI · 0 violatorsPennington County0 SF · 1 TRI · 0 violatorsHouston County County0 SF · 1 TRI · 1 violatorsBig Stone County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsGrant County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsTraverse County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsClearwater County0 SF · 1 TRI · 0 violatorsKittson County County0 SF · 1 TRI · 0 violatorsKanabec County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsLincoln County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsWadena County1 SF · 2 TRI · 0 violatorsLake Of The Woods County0 SF · 0 TRI · 2 violatorsMahnomen County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 2 violatorsWilkin County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsPortable Source County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsRed Lake County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsFulton County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsWill County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsWinnebago County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsAllamakee County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsBurnet County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsBurnett County County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsCheshire County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsColes County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsCollier County0 SF · 0 TRI · 1 violatorsGallatin County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsKane County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsLee County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsLivingston County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsMc Leod County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsOgle County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsRockingham County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsSarasota County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsSt. Croix County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsWarren County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violatorsWashakie County0 SF · 0 TRI · 0 violators

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