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Woodworking Potential to Emit (12/08)
Calculating PTE for Bulk Petroleum Storage Tanks (1/98)
Alternative for Calculating PTE for Maintenance Activities (1/98)
Alternative for Calculating PTE for Coating and Spraying Operations (1/98)
Alternatives for Calculating PTE for Batch Operations (1/98)
Alternatives for Calculating PTE for Non-Production Activites (1/98)
Accounting for Emergency Backup Control Equipment in Your PTE (1/98)
Calculating HAPs from Furniture Manufacturing Operations (1/98)
Guidance on Emissions from Storage Tanks (7/98)

MPCA Air Quality Permit Guide

Part 1: Defining Your Facility (replaced 01/01)
Part 2: Determining Compliance (9/98)
Part 3: Making Changes (9/98)

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Environmental and Public Health Tracking and Biomonitoring (9/09) by Jean Johnson, Minnesota Department of Health
Minnesota Biomonitoring Pilot Projects (9/09) by Adrienne Kari, Minnesota Department of Health
Asthma in Minnesota (10/09) by Wendy Brunner, Minnesota Department of Health
Looking for Associations between Air Quality and Health (10/09) by Paula Lindgren, Minnesota Department of Health
Urban Sustainability Engineering (12/08) by Julian Marshall, Assistant Professor of Engineering, University of Minnesota.
Confronting Global Warming: Policies for the Reduction of Gasoline Consumption (6/08) by Sarah West, Associate Professor of Economics, Macalester College.
Global Change in Minnesota Forests (7/07) by Lee Frelich, Director of the University of Minnesota Center for Hardwood Ecology. This presentation describes the nature of observed and predicted changes to forests in Minnesota due to climate change.
Basics of the MPCA Air Program (8/06) Catherine Neuschler, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Eyewitness to Global Warming (4/06) Will Steger. (File size = 7.2 MB)
Mercury Control at Coal-Fired Power Plants (3/06) Michael Durham, ADA-ES. Technical presentation describing the application of sorbent technology to control mercury emissions from coal fired power plants.
Minnesota: America's Clean Energy Capitol (9/05) by Michael Bull, Department of Commerce. Overview of Minnesota's clean energy policies including energy conservation, renewable energy and power plant emission reductions.
The Potential & Challenge of a Hydrogen-Electric Economy (9/05) by Rolf Nordstrom, Director of the Upper Midwest Hydrogen Initiative. Discusses the potential of using hydrogen and fuel cells as future efficient energy carriers.
Residential Indoor Air Quality: An Overview (10/04) by William J. Angell and David Grimsrud, University of Minnesota. Explores concerns with indoor air quality including radon, carbon monoxide and other air contaminants.
Energy Update (9/04) by Janet Streff, Department of Commerce. (File size = 2.4 MB)
Peak Performance Homes (9/04) by Jimmie Sparks, Neighborhood Energy Consortium.
Land Use and Transportation, (5/04) by John Kari, Metropolitan Council. Explores the interconnections between land use and transportation choices. (File size = 14.2 MB)
Transit for Livable Communities, (5/04) by Barb Thoman, Program Director for Transit for Livable Communities (TLC). Discusses the benefits of communities providing a variety of transportation options. (File size = 2.8 MB)
Personal Exposure to Hazardous Air Pollutants in Minneapolis and St. Paul (12/03) by John Adgate, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Climate Trends: What are Some Implications for Minnesota's Air and Water Resources? (11/03) by Mark Seeley, Climatologist and Meteorologist with the Dept. of Soil, Water, and Climate of the University of Minnesota.
Wind Power Today (10/03) by John Dunlop, American Wind Energy Association
Wind power basics, environmental and economic benefits, issues and status update.
Maximizing Wind Energy Development (10/03) by J. Drake Hamilton, Minnesotans for an Energy Efficient Economy
State and federal renewable energy initiatives - past and future.
Wind Energy Development (10/03) by Paul White, enXco, Inc.
A wind developer's perspective on opportunities and barriers in building wind farms.

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MOU Between Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Rock-Tenn Corporation (10/06)

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