Manure Spill Due to A Tank Failure

Workers have largely cleaned up a manure spill attributed to a tank failure that occurred last Friday at the Meadow Star Dairy near Pennock, company officials told the West Central Tribune.

The tank is part of the renewable natural gas digester system at the dairy. There was no thermal event or explosion, according to Grant Zimmerman with Amp Americas and Brady Janzen of Riverview Dairy LLP, owner and operator of the dairy. Zimmerman said a mechanical, physical failure of the tank occurred.

Less than a week’s worth of manure was spilled. All of it was contained on site. There was no environmental contamination. No one was injured and no animals were harmed. The dairy contacted state and regulatory officials to report the Feb. 28 spillage, they added.

A spokesman for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said cleanup is being monitored and there is no indication at this time that there has been an impact to waterways.