Two Minnesota companies must pay thousands of dollars following a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency investigation.
Xcel Energy and McGough Construction must pay more than $25,000 in combined fines after improperly releasing polluted stormwater at Xcel Energy's St. Paul Service Center last year.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says approximately 4,000 gallons of polluted water entered a storm sewer system which drains into a nearby wetland.
The investigation also found both companies failed to notify the MPCA about the discharges, and they also failed to conduct 14 standard inspections of the stormwater management on the St. Paul Service Center construction site between March and November of last year.
In addition to paying the fine, Xcel Energy and McGough agreed to immediately begin inspections of the site after rainfalls and submitted a written plan to the MPCA detailing new procedures to prevent future stormwater releases and promptly report any such releases.
