Louis Park, Minn.Ĭonstruction stormwater - During 20, repeat stormwater violations at two housing developments owned by Loomis Homes, LLC, created potential for environmental harm. The fuel flowed into a stormwater culvert and entered nearby Battle Creek, which is on the MPCA's impaired waters list for threats to aquatic life.Īboveground tanks - In May 2022, approximately 300 gallons of fuel spilled from an above ground storage tank when the company failed to comply with safety practices for fuel transfer at POET Biorefining's ethanol production facility in Glenville, Minn.Īir quality - The company installed and modified equipment without authorization and failed a number of record-keeping requirements at its Nordic Ware brand cookware and bakeware manufacturing facility in St. Industrial stormwater - In July 2021, several hundred gallons of diesel fuel spilled from a punctured locomotive fuel tank at the Saint Paul switchyard operated by Soo Line Railroad Co., dba Canadian Pacific. The violations occurred at the company's ethanol production facility in Luverne, Minn. $5.02 million (includes $2.625 million toward environmental projects)Īir quality - The company exceeded air pollutant emissions and failed to keep required equipment testing and maintenance records. Net penalty amounts of $5,000 or more Public dateĬonstruction stormwater - The MPCA investigation found that Enbridge Energy violated a series of regulations and requirements during construction of the Line 3 pipeline replacement including discharging construction stormwater into wetlands and inadvertently releasing drilling mud into surface waters at 12 locations from June 8 to Aug. More details on all 153 cases completed during the second half of 2022 can be found on the MPCA’s Compliance and Enforcement web page. Agency staff continue to provide assistance, support, and information on the steps and tools necessary to bring any company, individual, or local government back into compliance. Imposing monetary penalties is only part of the MPCA’s enforcement process. Penalties are calculated using several factors, including harm done or potential for harm to the environment, the economic benefit the company gained by failing to comply with environmental laws, or how responsive and cooperative a regulated party was in correcting problems. Environmental enforcement investigations often take several months, in some cases more than a year, to complete the investigation and issue final enforcement documents to regulated parties. For more information, please see SHOOK is a registered trademark of SHOOK Research, LLC.The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) closed 153 enforcement cases for water quality, air quality, waste, stormwater, and wastewater violations in the second half of 2022. Past performance is not an indication of future results. Investors must carefully choose the right advisor or team for their own situation and perform their own due diligence. SHOOK’s research and rankings provide opinions intended to help investors choose the right financial advisor or team and not indicative of future performance or representative of any one client’s experience. Participation in this directory is limited to ranked teams and advisors once placed on a ranking, teams or advisors may choose to pay fees to Forbes and Shook for premium listing features as indicated by highlighted names. Neither SHOOK nor Forbes receive compensation in exchange for its Top Wealth Management Teams placements or rankings, which are determined independently (see methodology above). Investment performance is not a criterion because client objectives and risk tolerance vary, and advisors rarely have audited performance reports. Data provided by SHOOK ® Research, LLC – Data as of 3/31/22.įorbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams ranking was developed by SHOOK Research and is based on in-person, virtual and telephone due diligence meetings and a ranking algorithm that includes: a measure of best practices, client retention, industry experience, review of compliance records, firm nominations and quantitative criteria, including assets under management and revenue generated for their firms.
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