PUBLIC NOTICE Significant Noncompliance With Pretreatment Requirements By Companies Discharging Industrial Wastewater to the Metropolitan Disposal System During 2016 Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES), a division of Metropolitan Council, is the regional agency that operates the interceptor sewers and wastewater treatment plants in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. As part of this function, MCES is designated by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enforce wastewater regulations for industrial users within the metropolitan area. Currently, 889 industrial users have permits for discharging industrial wastewater to the Metropolitan Disposal System. In conformance with Federal Regulation 40 CFR 403.8(f)(2)(viii) and Minnesota Pretreatment Rule Chapter 7049.0830 Item I, MCES annually publishes the names of industrial users who significantly violate Pretreatment Standards or other Pretreatment Requirements. The companies listed below were in significant noncompliance during 2016. Companies on the following lists are grouped according to the type of violation listed below. Within each list, the companies' compliance status as of January 1, 2017 is also indicated. A. Discharge Violations - The company violated local or federal pretreatment standards. B. Discharge Violations, On Compliance Schedule or Stipulation Agreement - The company violated local or federal pretreatment standards, and the company has entered into either a compliance schedule or Stipulation Agreement with MCES. Under a Stipulation Agreement, the company has voluntarily agreed to a compliance schedule and to paying penalties until compliance is achieved. C. Administrative Violations - The company violated an administrative pretreatment program requirement, such as failing to submit a Discharge Report or Baseline Monitoring Report within 45 days of the due date. D. Prohibited Discharge - The company discharged a prohibited waste that had the potential to cause imminent endangerment to human health, human welfare, or to the environment; or has resulted in MCES exercising its emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge. E. Failure to Accurately Report Noncompliance - The company failed to submit to MCES required monitoring data indicating noncompliance. A. DISCHARGE VIOLATIONS In compliance as of January 1, 2017 Hard Chrome Inc Permit No. 0089 2631 NE 2nd Street Minneapolis 55418 Not in compliance as of January 1, 2017 Pfeiffer Finishing dba Vision Coatings Permit No. 1427 1679 NE Radisson Road Blaine 55449 Quala Wash Holdings LLC Permit No. 1316 200 E Grand Avenue South St Paul 55075 B. DISCHARGE VIOLATIONS On Compliance Schedule or Stipulation Agreement Not in compliance as of January 1, 2017 Aqseptence Group Inc Permit No. 0303 1950 NW Old Highway 8 New Brighton 55112 C. ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS No Occurrences D. PROHIBITED DISCHARGE In compliance as of January 1, 2017 Northern Star Co Permit No. 1444 101 W 82nd Street Chaska 55318 E. FAILURE TO ACCURATELY REPORT NONCOMPLIANCE No Occurrences For further information regarding this Public Notice, Please contact Mr. Robert Nordquist, P.E Industrial Waste Manager (651) 602-4706 or write Attn: Mr. Robert Nordquist, P.E. Metropolitan Council Environmental Services Industrial Waste & Pollution Prevention Section 390 Robert Street North St. Paul, MN 55101 or E-mail robert.nordquist@ metc.state.mn.us
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