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Article: Bushmills Ethanol Inc. of Atwater fined $425,000 for state violations.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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Byline: PAUL WALSH; STAFF WRITER
An ethanol producer in central Minnesota has been tagged with a $425,000 civil penalty by state environmental regulators for a host of violations at its production facility.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) said Thursday that the violations by Bushmills Ethanol Inc. of Atwater stretched from 2006 to 2009. They included producing ethanol beyond the facility's permitted capacity, failure to inspect and maintain production and pollution-control equipment, and exceeding allowable wastewater discharge limits.
Because of Bushmills' violations, the MPCA said in a statement, the cooperative of more than 400 ...