Township and Construction Company Near Bagley Fined $15,000

Dec 10, 2021 | 9:57 AM

HOLST TOWNSHIP (KDLM) – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says a road project near Bagley, MN was completed without required permits.

According to a MPCA enforcement investigation, Holst Township, near Bagley and Triple D Construction & Leasing, Inc., completed a road project in July 2020, without obtaining required construction stormwater permits. The project covered about a 10 block stretch of a Holst Township road.

Violations included failing to develop and submit a stormwater pollution protection plan; failing to install sediment controls and soil/slope stabilization prior to, during, and following construction; failing to install redundant sediment controls where the construction site came within 50 feet of area surface waters; and failing to conduct required inspections during and after construction.

Construction stormwater controls keep rain and snow melt from carrying sediment and other pollutants off of construction sites and into nearby lakes, streams, and wetlands.

The parties paid a combined $15,000 civil penalty to the MPCA and have completed a series of corrective actions.

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