MPCA FINES IRON RANGE TACONITE PLANT

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency recently fined United States Steel Corporation's Keetac facility $68,250 for alleged air quality violations at its Keewatin taconite tailings basin during the month of November last year. In addition to paying the fine, the company also had to pay $60,000 to the city of Keewatin to buy a street sweeper.