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3M Chemical Operations, Cottage, MN: $3,123,859 in penalties
Updated November 7, 2026. Source: US EPA, Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO).
EPA's ECHO database records 16 inspections, 4 informal enforcement actions and 3 formal enforcement actions at 3M Chemical Operations, Cottage Grove Facility, 10746 Innovation Rd, Cottage Grove, MN 55016, in the five years to November 1, 2026. Penalties total $3,123,859, the latest $4,165 on February 7, 2024. The facility was in significant noncompliance in 5 of the last 12 quarters.
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- Site
- 10746 Innovation Rd, Cottage Grove, MN 55016
- EPA registry ID (FRS)
- 110000423667
- Industry
- 221320 Sewage Treatment Facilities; 313230 Nonwoven Fabric Mills; 322220 Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing; 323110 Printing and Related Support Activities
- County
- Washington
- Programs
- Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Hazardous waste (RCRA), Drinking water (SDWA)
- Compliance status
- Significant Violation
- Inspections
- 16, latest August 26, 2026
- Formal actions
- 3, latest February 7, 2024
- Informal actions
- 4, latest September 29, 2026
- Penalties
- $3,123,859 in 3 penalties
- ECHO facility report
- echo.epa.gov
By program
Inspections, enforcement actions and penalties of the last five years in each EPA program that covers the facility, as the program systems record them. Federal case penalties are listed under federal enforcement cases. Quarters count the last 12.
| Program | Inspections | Informal actions | Formal actions | Penalties | Latest penalty | Latest amount | Quarters with violations | Quarters in significant noncompliance | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clean Air Act | 11 | 2 | 1 | $275,000 | April 6, 2023 | $275,000 | 0 | 0 | No Violation Identified |
| Clean Water Act | 1 | 0 | 0 | $0 | $0 | 9 | 4 | Failure to Report DMR, Not Received | |
| Hazardous waste (RCRA) | 4 | 2 | 2 | $2,848,859 | February 7, 2024 | $4,165 | 12 | 1 | Violation |
| Drinking water (SDWA) | Not listed | 0 | 0 | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | No Violation Identified |
Federal enforcement cases
EPA cases that name this facility, newest first. The penalty is the whole case penalty, shared with the other facilities named in the case.
| Case | Case name | Status date | Type | Status | Outcome | Statutes | Case penalty | Facilities in case | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-2023-5018 | 3M, Cottage Grove, Corporate Incinerator, Apo/cafo | April 21, 2023 | Administrative, Formal | Closed | Final Order With Penalty | Clean Air Act | $275,000 | 60 | echo.epa.gov |
EPA informal actions
Notices of violation and similar actions EPA itself took, newest first.
| Date | Action | Law | Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 13, 2025 | Notice of Violation | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | 05-200271546 |
EPA inspections and evaluations
Compliance monitoring EPA itself carried out, newest first. State inspections are counted above, with the date of the latest.
| Date | Activity | Type | Law |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 26, 2026 | Inspection/Evaluation | Evaluation | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| February 21, 2024 | Offsite Record Review | Data Audit | Superfund (CERCLA) |
| November 8, 2023 | Information Request | Formal | Superfund (CERCLA) |
| February 2, 2022 | Inspection/Evaluation | Plan Review, Off-Site | Clean Water Act |
Also on SpecStream
- Environmental compliance in Water, Sewage and Other Systems in Minnesota
- Environmental compliance in Minnesota
Public domain (U.S. government work). Counts and penalties cover the five years to November 1, 2026 as ECHO publishes them in its exporter and case downloads, drawn from EPA's air, water, hazardous waste and drinking water systems and from the states that report to them. Records can be incomplete, late or corrected after this page was read. A federal case penalty that names several facilities is shown on each of them and counted once in industry, state and national totals. Each row links to EPA's own report. A quarter in significant noncompliance is EPA's term for a serious violation status in a program, not a finding of fault beyond that status. This page uses US EPA data and is not endorsed or certified by the US EPA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.