County page
Stearns County
Stearns County currently shows 1 Superfund site, 108 imported facility profiles, and 192,446 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 Stearns County.
The latest loaded TRI year is 2024, with 192,446 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
Waite Park Wells
Waite Park Wells is in EPA's Superfund layer for Waite Park, St Cloud, MN. Live ingestion currently includes the official EPA detail links and geocoded site record.
Facilities
Worst polluters and compliance pressure
Grede Llc - St Cloud
Significant noncompliance across 7 of the last 12 quarters, with $33,000 in recorded penalties.
New Flyer Usa
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters, with $12,113 in recorded penalties.
Ballantyne Legacy Holdings Llc Sartell City Lagoon 3
Violation across 12 of the last 12 quarters, with $7,500 in recorded penalties.
Lake Henry Wwtp
Violation Identified across 11 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Rejuv Medical Pa
Significant noncompliance across 5 of the last 12 quarters, with $1,028 in recorded penalties.
Cold Spring Wwtp
Violation Identified across 9 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Associated Milk Producers Inc Paynesville Div
Significant noncompliance across 7 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Evergreen Hills Mobile Home Park
Violation Identified across 9 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Saint Martin
Violation Identified across 8 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Cold Spring Granite Co
Violation Identified across 7 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Eye Kraft Optical Inc
No Violation Identified across 3 of the last 12 quarters, with $7,160 in recorded penalties.
Wm D Scepaniak Inc
Significant noncompliance across 7 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Avon Wwtp
Violation Identified across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Melrose Wwtp
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Saint Martin Wwtp
Significant noncompliance across 6 of the last 12 quarters in the imported ECHO record.
Gold'n Plump Poultry - Cold Spring Mn
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2025-07-02.
Ben's Structural Fabrication Inc
No Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters, with $1,697 in recorded penalties.
Holdingford Wwtp
Violation Identified across 2 of the last 12 quarters, with $1,485 in recorded penalties.
Carstens Industries Fiberglass Manufacturing
No Violation Identified. Last recorded ECHO inspection: 2023-04-18.
Maselter Cabinets Inc
No Violation Identified across 1 of the last 12 quarters, with $1,697 in recorded penalties.
| Chemical | Group | Facilities | Total pounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | TRI-listed chemical | 6 | 89,713 lbs |
| Styrene | Volatile organic compound | 3 | 76,784 lbs |
| 1, 2, 4-Trimethylbenzene | Volatile organic compound | 1 | 8,138 lbs |
| Ammonia | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 6,691 lbs |
| Peracetic acid | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 4,764 lbs |
| Naphthalene | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 885 lbs |
| Chromium | Metals and metal compounds | 4 | 652 lbs |
| Copper compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 208 lbs |
| Manganese | TRI-listed chemical | 5 | 134 lbs |
| Nickel | Metals and metal compounds | 4 | 88 lbs |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Metals and metal compounds | 1 | 23 lbs |
| Nitric acid | TRI-listed chemical | 4 | 15 lbs |
| Phenol | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 14 lbs |
| Nickel compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 2 | 12 lbs |
| Copper | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 8 lbs |
| Lead | Metals and metal compounds | 5 | 8 lbs |
| Lead compounds | Metals and metal compounds | 2 | 6 lbs |
| Manganese compounds | TRI-listed chemical | 2 | 2 lbs |
| Barium | TRI-listed chemical | 1 | 1 lbs |
| Zinc (fume or dust) | TRI-listed chemical | 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.