MPCA give St. Paul foundry 30 days to meet pollution standards

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MPCA gives St. Paul foundry 30 days to reduce lead emissions

Community organizers in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood say they’ll meet on Tuesday with the chief executive officer of a longstanding foundry that the state says has run afoul of air quality standards. The Northern Iron and Machine foundry, which came under new ownership in 2022, maintains it will improve operations after state regulators discovered permit violations dating back more than a decade. Alarmed by new air quality data, state officials…