Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

The agency expects to award $1.1 million in grants and $5 million in loans to local entities to better control nonpoint-source pollution, which is runoff carrying nutrients, sediment and other contaminants into waterbodies.

Schools generate more than 483,000 pounds of waste every day they are in session.

In addition to correcting the identified problems, the compnay also paid a $20,000 penalty.

Sheets of paper used per full-time employee dropped from 6,200 to 2,500 sheets since 2009.

The dairy has also paid a $79,069 penalty.

The company has taken required actions to correct the problems and will pay a $15,000 penalty as a result of these violations.

When snow and ice melt, most of the salt goes with it, washing into our lakes, streams and rivers.

The company has paid a $10,000 penalty and agreed to correct all of its violations and to change practices to prevent further violations.

The comment period runs from Dec. 7, 2012 to Jan. 22, 2013.

A public meeting on the draft EIS will be held Jan. 3, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Perham City Hall, 125 Second Ave., N.E.

More than 70 river and stream sites and 69 lakes were sampled in putting this report together.

The first of these forums will be held on Nov. 27, in Bloomington and Rochester.

The application deadline is Dec. 12, 2012.

Recycling is increasingly valuable to the economy. What was once thought to be worthless waste material now has substantial value.

Results of testing show that significant improvements in pollution levels in the river.

The company was burning treated wood, which is a violation of their air quality permit.

The comment period begins on Nov. 5 and runs through Dec. 5, 2012.

The comment period runs from Nov. 5 through Dec. 5, 2012.

The company will pay a $99,500 penalty and agree to a schedule that bring its operation into compliance with applicable air quality regulations.

What do clean water, the economy, energy and the health of our environment all have in common?

The company has paid a penalty of almost $243,000 and will take steps to ensure violations of this nature don't happen in the future.

The owner of the facility will pay a $14,000 penalty for violating the conditions of his permit.

Industrial waste and city sewage captured the spotlight leading up to the Clean Water Act, but agricultural waste was a growing public concern, too.

More than 70 river and stream sites and 41 lakes were sampled in the watershed to prepare this comprehensive report.

The enforcement cases took place 35 counties throughout Minnesota.