Minnesota Environmental Profile

Comprehensive environmental data from EPA sources for Minnesota (MN)

Overview

TRI Facilities

501

Water Systems

993

Superfund Sites

Total Violations

845

Total Releases

22.6M lbs

Health Violations

115

water systems

Largest Polluters

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#	Facility	City	Industry	Total Releases
1	XCEL ENERGY SHERBURNE COUNTY GENERATING PLANT	Becker	Electric Utilities	3.3M lbs
2	BOSWELL ENERGY CENTER	Cohasset	Electric Utilities	2.6M lbs
3	GOPHER RESOURCE LLC	Eagan	Primary Metals	2.2M lbs
4	FILMTEC CORP	Edina	Plastics and Rubber	1.2M lbs
5	SAPPI CLOQUET LLC	Cloquet	Paper	830.6K lbs
6	FLINT HILLS RESOURCES PINE BEND LLC	Rosemount	Petroleum	716.5K lbs
7	ADM	Mankato	Food	698.9K lbs
8	3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' COTTAGE GROVE FACILITY	Cottage Grove	Chemicals	691.2K lbs
9	CENTRAL BI-PRODUCTS	Long Prairie	Food	531.0K lbs
10	MINNESOTA SOYBEAN PROCESSORS	Brewster	Food	514.9K lbs
11	CENTRAL BI-PRODUCTS	Redwood Falls	Food	506.0K lbs
12	CHS MANKATO	Mankato	Food	459.3K lbs
13	AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR CO	Crookston	Food	396.6K lbs
14	SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE	Renville	Food	384.0K lbs
15	BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC	International Falls	Paper	349.3K lbs
16	CHS FAIRMONT	Fairmont	Food	346.4K lbs
17	VEOLIA WTS SOLUTIONS USA INC.	Minnetonka	Machinery	293.4K lbs
18	AG PROCESSING INC A COOPERATIVE	Dawson	Food	262.0K lbs
19	ST PAUL PARK REFINING CO LLC	Saint Paul Park	Petroleum	260.2K lbs
20	CROWN FOOD PACKAGING	Owatonna	Fabricated Metals	254.5K lbs

Water Quality

Systems with Health Violations

Water System	City	Population	Violations
Winger	Winger	181	57
Starland HB, Inc.	Gibbon	100	56
NETT LAKE	Nett Lake	386	44
GRAND PORTAGE	Grand Portage	820	43
Thief River Falls	Thief River Falls	8,701	40
Lake Lillian	Lake Lillian	236	38
Climax	Climax	223	38
Oak Manor Mobile Home Park	Lancaster	150	38
River and Woods Mobile Home Park	Pelican Rapids	25	37
Elizabeth	Fergus Falls	168	34
Lake Mary Villas	Morris	37	28
Brandy Lake Estates	Detroit Lakes	40	23
ROYALTON TERRACE	Victoria	60	18
Oak Grove Mobile Home Park	Detroit Lakes	60	17
Hinckley	Hinckley	1,964	16
Rolling Green First Addition	Warsaw	110	16
Thompson Oaks	Ellendale	51	12
South Saint Paul	South St. Paul	20,664	10
Ely	Ely	3,258	10
Ellsworth	Ellsworth	462	9

Cities with Water Issues

Superfund Sites (49)

Site Name	City	Status	HRS Score
Adrian Municipal Well Field	Adrian	Deleted NPL Site	33.62
Agate Lake Scrapyard	Fairview Township	Deleted NPL Site	29.68
Arrowhead Refinery Co.	Hermantown	Deleted NPL Site	43.75
Baytown Township Ground Water Plume	Baytown Township	NPL Site	35.62
Boise Cascade/Onan Corp./Medtronics, Inc.	Fridley	Deleted NPL Site	50.06
Burlington Northern (Brainerd/Baxter Plant)	Baxter, Brainerd	NPL Site	46.77
Dakhue Sanitary Landfill	Cannon Falls	Deleted NPL Site	42.24
East Bethel Demolition Landfill	East Bethel Township	Deleted NPL Site	28.75
FMC Corp. (Fridley Plant)	Fridley	NPL Site	65.50
Freeway Sanitary Landfill	Burnsville	NPL Site	45.91
Fridley Commons Park Well Field	Fridley	Deleted NPL Site	50.00
General Mills/Henkel Corp.	Minneapolis	NPL Site	36.28
Highway 100 and County Road 3 Groundwater Plume	Edina, St. Louis Park	NPL Site	50.00
Joslyn Manufacturing & Supply Co.	Brooklyn Center	NPL Site	44.30
Koch Refining Co./N-Ren Corp.	Pine Bend	Deleted NPL Site	31.14
Koppers Coke	St. Paul	NPL Site	55.05
Kummer Sanitary Landfill	Bemidji	Deleted NPL Site	35.57
Kurt Manufacturing Co.	Fridley	NPL Site	31.41
LaGrand Sanitary Landfill	Lagrand Township	Deleted NPL Site	37.51
Lehillier/Mankato Site	Lehillier	NPL Site	42.49
Long Prairie Ground Water Contamination	Long Prairie	NPL Site	31.94
MacGillis & Gibbs/Bell Lumber & Pole Co.	New Brighton	NPL Site	48.33
Morris Arsenic Dump	Morris	Deleted NPL Site	38.27
Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant	Fridley	NPL Site	30.83
New Brighton/Arden Hills/TCAAP (USARMY)	New Brighton	NPL Site	59.16
NL Industries/Taracorp/Golden Auto	St. Louis Park	Deleted NPL Site	39.97
Nutting Truck & Caster Co.	Faribault	Deleted NPL Site	37.87
Oak Grove Sanitary Landfill	Oak Grove Township	Deleted NPL Site	43.40
Oakdale Dump	Oakdale	NPL Site	55.71
Olmsted County Sanitary Landfill	Oronoco	Deleted NPL Site	40.70
Perham Arsenic Site	Perham	NPL Site	37.98
Pine Bend Sanitary Landfill	Dakota County	Deleted NPL Site	52.11
Reilly Tar & Chemical Corp. (St. Louis Park Plant)	St. Louis Park	NPL Site	0.00
Ritari Post & Pole	Sebeka	NPL Site	29.81
South Andover Site	Andover	NPL Site	35.41
South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination	Minneapolis	NPL Site	44.58
Southeast Hennepin Area Groundwater and Vapor	Minneapolis	NPL Site	50.00
Spring Park Municipal Well Field	Spring Park	NPL Site	50.00
St. Augusta Sanitary Landfill/Engen Dump	St. Augusta Township	Deleted NPL Site	33.85
St. Louis River Site	St. Louis County	NPL Site	32.08
St. Regis Paper Co.	Cass Lake	NPL Site	52.88
Twin Cities Air Force Reserve Base (Small Arms Range Landfill)	Minneapolis	Deleted NPL Site	33.62
Union Scrap Iron & Metal Co.	Minneapolis	Deleted NPL Site	42.63
University of Minnesota (Rosemount Research Center)	Rosemount	Deleted NPL Site	45.91
Waite Park Wells	Waite Park	NPL Site	31.94
Washington County Landfill	Lake Elmo	Deleted NPL Site	42.24
Waste Disposal Engineering	Andover	Deleted NPL Site	50.92
Whittaker Corp.	Minneapolis	Deleted NPL Site	40.03
Windom Dump	Windom	Deleted NPL Site	38.17

Counties (71 total)

County	Population	Facilities	Superfund
Hennepin	—	83	11
Anoka	—	29	9
Ramsey	—	35	3
Dakota	—	20	5
Stearns	—	21	2
St Louis	—	17	2
Blue Earth	—	15	1
Goodhue	—	15	0
Scott	—	15	0
Washington	—	12	3
Winona	—	13	0
Steele	—	12	0
Carver	—	11	0
Rice	—	10	1
Mcleod	—	10	0
Olmsted	—	7	1
Otter Tail	—	7	1
Douglas	—	6	1
Martin	—	7	0
Faribault	—	6	0

Showing top 20 counties by environmental activity. Minnesota has 71 counties total.

Largest Cities

Bayport

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2 facilities · 2 water systems

Cannon Falls

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5 facilities · 1 water systems

East Bethel

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1 facilities · 1 water systems

Cambridge

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1 facilities · 1 water systems

Cottage Grove

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3 facilities · 2 water systems

Faribault

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6 facilities · 3 water systems

Farmington

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2 facilities · 2 water systems

Forest Lake

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2 facilities · 2 water systems

Hastings

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1 facilities · 4 water systems

Lake City

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3 facilities · 1 water systems

Lakeville

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2 facilities · 3 water systems

Isanti

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2 facilities · 1 water systems

Medford

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2 facilities · 2 water systems

Newport

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2 facilities · 1 water systems

North Branch

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2 facilities · 1 water systems

Northfield

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4 facilities · 2 water systems

Owatonna

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8 facilities · 1 water systems

Red Wing

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6 facilities · 2 water systems

Rosemount

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6 facilities · 1 water systems

Saint Paul Park

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1 facilities · 0 water systems

About This Data

This page aggregates environmental data from three EPA programs for Minnesota: the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for industrial chemical releases, the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) for water quality, and the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) for hazardous waste cleanup sites.

PlainEnviro presents this data without advocacy framing. Numbers reflect reported data and may not capture all environmental activity. For specific health or environmental concerns, contact your state environmental agency.