While MPCA initially disputed findings from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) May 2023 inspection of Smith Foundry, it later collected the data necessary to reproduce EPA’s findings. MPCA deferred to EPA’s enforcement of emissions and pollution control equipment violations at the foundry, but it reports that it has taken steps to strengthen its air quality monitoring.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s Oversight of Smith
Foundry
- Full Report(PDF)
