Sep. 22—Hawkins, Inc., a chemical manufacturing company with a facility in St. Paul, has fixed several storage tank issues that threatened the Mississippi River, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced Wednesday.

The company was cited for failing to adequately contain potential spills, properly label tanks and consistently inspect tanks, among other things, following an investigation that began August 2020, the agency said. The company was fined $32,540, which it has paid.

Attempts to reach Hawkins, Inc. for comment Wednesday were unsuccessful.

The company came under fire in 2019 when 5,400 gallons of nitric acid spilled in Minneapolis. Fire officials at the time said some of the acid had gotten into storm drains.

The agency said the penalty levied on the St. Paul facility was not related to the Minneapolis spill, but rather came about during a routine facility inspection.