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Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op fined for pollution in MN [UPDATED]

Published 9:47am Friday, October 26, 2012 Updated 11:47am Friday, October 26, 2012

WAHPETON — Wahpeton-based Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative has been fined by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

The Daily News reports that the sugar beet co-op paid $70,261 for polluting water in Minnesota’s Wilkin County in May 2011.

Minnesota regulators say Minn-Dak took numerous actions to address the problem.

 

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