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Minnesota's top pollution authority is casting doubt on the accuracy of an EPA report that found years of Clean Air Act violations at an iron foundry in South Minneapolis. Katrina Kessler, commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, said in an interview Monday that the state has no evidence that Smith Foundry sent elevated levels of lung-damaging fine particulate matter into the ...
Minnesota regulators have reportedly failed to take legal action against Minneapolis-based Smith Foundry Co., despite at least five years' worth of air emissions violations.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota iron foundry has been violating air emissions laws for at least five years, but...
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A Minnesota iron foundry has been violating air emissions laws for at least five years, but the state agency responsible for enforcing air permits didn't take action against the company, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Wednesday. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency tested the air along the perimeter of Smith Foundry in Minneapolis in October 2022 and in April, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA said that both times, the state recorded high levels of particulate matter, which can cause heart attacks, asthmas and chronic health conditions.