County page
Brown County
Brown County currently shows 0 Superfund sites, 27 imported facility profiles, and 20 lbs in loaded TRI releases.
Overview
What this county page is saying
This live county page is generated from the ingested EPA datasets. It merges ECHO facility compliance rows, TRI release totals, and any Superfund sites attached to Brown County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 20 lbs in county-level on-site releases tied to the imported facility set.
Focus points
Design and product notes
County pages combine facility compliance history with chemical release totals.
TRI chemistry shows what is being reported, while ECHO shows who keeps drawing enforcement attention.
Superfund records add legacy cleanup context even when live contaminant detail is still sparse.
Superfund layer
Cleanup sites in this county
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Skyview Mobile Villa
Inactive across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Hanska Wwtp
Violation Identified across 3 of the last 12 quarters, with $600 in recorded penalties.
3m New Ulm
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
New Ulm Steel Inc
No Violation Identified with $13,850 in recorded penalties.
Sleepy Eye Wwtp
Significant noncompliance across 4 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Hanska Agronomy
No Violation Identified with $2,000 in recorded penalties.
Searles Wwtp
No Violation Identified across 3 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Sanborn Mfg Div of Mat Industries Llc
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2005-04-08.
Sigel Ball Park
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Mathiowetz Construction Co
Significant Violation across 1 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
New Ulm Wwtp
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Evan
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Kraft Foods Group Inc - New Ulm Facility
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2020-07-28.
Ampi New Ulm Butter Plant
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2008-02-20.
New Ulm Public Utilities - Municipal Power
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2025-06-25.
Braun Enterprise
Unknown. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2024-07-25.
Brown County Sanitary Landfill
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2025-06-25.
Comfrey Wwtp
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2025-05-15.
Evan Wwtp
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2023-06-07.
Minnesota Valley Testing Labo
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2021-07-21.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manganese compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 19 lbs |
| Zinc compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 1 lbs |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Nickel compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Copper compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Copper | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Antimony compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 0 lbs |
| Nickel | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Diisocyanates | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Nitric acid | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 0 lbs |
| Chromium | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 0 lbs |
Violation pages
State-level violation context tied to this county
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Clean Air Act violations in Minnesota
Minnesota facilities in the imported ECHO data show air-program oversight, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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Clean Water Act violations in Minnesota
Minnesota facilities in the imported ECHO data show water-permit pressure, inspections, or noncompliance signals.
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RCRA violations in Minnesota
Minnesota facilities in the imported ECHO data show hazardous-waste or RCRA oversight signals.