MPCA fines American Crystal Sugar $16,000

American Crystal Sugar fined by MPCA for fecal sample violations

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Moorhead-based American Crystal Sugar Company has been fined $16,000 by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The agency says the Moorhead plant failed to collect fecal samples twice and failed to stop discharging wastewater when fecal sample results showed they exceeded their limit during five days in 2024. The MPCA says the East Grand Forks plant exceeded their fecal sample limit during two days in 2024. The results were …

American Crystal Sugar fined $16,000 for fecal sample violations at East Grand Forks and Moorhead locations

EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — American Crystal Sugar Company was fined $16,000 for violations at its East Grand Forks and Moorhead locations in 2024, a press release from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said. An investigation by MPCA found that the Moorhead location failed to stop discharging wastewater when fecal samples showed they exceeded their fecal sample limit on five separate days, and failed to collect fecal samples on two occasions,…

MPCA fines American Crystal Sugar $16,000

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says American Crystal Sugar failed to collect fecal samples and exceeded their fecal sample limit at their Moorhead and East Grand Forks locations in 2024. The MPCA says the violations were discovered during a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency investigation.  The company was fined $16,000. The violations occurred on five separate days in Moorhead and two separate days in East Grand…

MPCA Fines American Crystal Sugar $16,000 – R & J Broadcasting Inc.

ST. PAUL, MN—The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has fined American Crystal Sugar $16,000 for failing to collect fecal samples in wastewater on two separate occasions last year.  This took place at American Crystal Sugar’s Moorhead facility.  An inspection by the Pollution Control Agency found the Moorhead facility also failed to stop discharging wastewater when fecal sample results showed they exceeded their limits on five separate days in 2…