Erickson frac sand mine

First Test of 2013 MN Frac Sand Law is Successful

July 31, 2014
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Energy, EQB and Environmental Review, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Global Warming, Health, Land Conservation, Loon Commons blog, oil, rural, Water
clean water, DNR, environmental review, Erickson frac sand mine, fisheries, frac sand mining, Houston County, hydraulic fracturing, hydrofracturing, karst geology, Land Stewardship Project, southeastern Minnesota, Tracie Erickson, Trout Stream Setback, trout streams

By Johanna Rupprecht, Land Stewardship Project The owner of a controversial Houston County silica sand mine was notified Monday by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that he must stop mining…