Pollution in Polk County, Minnesota

Polk County contains 25 EPA-regulated facilities, 1 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 0 Superfund sites and 5 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $405.1k in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 632.6k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is near the Minnesota state average of 26 per county.

Superfund0NPL sites
TRI Facilities5reporters
EPA Facilities25regulated
Sig. Violators1current SNC

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
American Crystal Sugar - CrookstonCrookston418.9kPenalties
American Crystal Sugar - East Grand ForksEast Grand Forks197.4kSig. violation
Consolidated Equipment GroupFosston16.3kCompliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
American Crystal Sugar - East Grand ForksEast Grand Forks$362.7k2025-05-29