The owner of a solid waste transfer station near Austin, Minn., was fined $10,000 by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for storing waste without a permit, the agency announced this month. In 2009, Wallace Bustad applied for a permit but the agency rejected the application because it was missing signatures and other information. Last year, the agency inspected Bustad's business, Bustad Rolloff and Excavation, and discovered more than 200 cubic yards of waste, equivalent to 20 dump truck loads, stored at the site and on Bustad's adjacent property. Nothing had been done to keep garbage from contaminating the surrounding environment, the agency said. Bustad submitted a permit application and agreed to comply with state solid-waste laws. Read the full news release here.
Transfer station fined for no permit
Bustad Rolloff and Excavation near Austin took corrective action after visit from MPCA.
February 17, 2011 at 8:32PM
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