“Responsible Thing to Do,” MN’s Largest Sealcoat Franchise Goes Coal Tar Free

Great news from Minnesota! MPCA: Minnesota’s Largest Sealcoater Switches to Safer Formula Contacts: Ralph Pribble (MPCA), 651-757-2657; Nick Kelso (Jet-Black), 952-212-0410St. Paul, Minn. ― Coal-tar residues that can contaminate stormwater ponds may become a thing of the past thanks to a voluntary phase-out by Eagan-based Jet-Black International, one of the nation’s larger franchisers of pavement seal-coating services.The […]

Cannon Falls Out of Love with Coal Tar Sealant

Cannon Falls, Minnesota is now the 14th community in the state to pass a coal tar sealcoat ban.  This suburban Minneapolis-St. Paul city of over 4,000,  passed this ban a while back, but had not been included in my tally or the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s.