Contact: Forrest Peterson, 320-441-6972, 800-657-3864
Marshall, Minn. -- The Marshall office of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is moving to a new location on the second floor of the Lyon County Public Works Building, 504 Fairgrounds Road.
The MPCA first opened an office in Marshall in 1976. Since 1999, the office has been in the Market Street Mall at 1420 E. College Drive. The MPCA office at the new location is expected to be open Jan. 26.
The Marshall and Willmar MPCA offices serve 18 counties in southwestern Minnesota. Regional staff provide citizens and businesses with information to help them protect the environment, and help ensure that permit requirements are met.
Primary programs with regional office staff include municipal wastewater, feedlots and solid waste. Other programs with regional or St. Paul-based staff assigned to the region include stormwater, tanks, emergency response, hazardous waste, public information and impaired waters. More information about the MPCA is on the Web at http://www.pca.state.mn.us.
“With the focus of environmental protection shifting to non-point sources of pollution, the regional offices play a very important role,” said Randy Hukriede, MPCA Southwest Region manager. “This is especially true in the area of water quality. We've done a fairly good job of trying to protect and improve water quality, but with continued pressure from development and other land uses, our regional offices keep very busy with a multitude of programs to make sure that we continue to have a healthy natural environment."
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency was created by the state legislature in 1967 to clean up and protect the state’s land, air and water resources. The Marshall office is one of seven regional offices of the MPCA outside the Twin Cities metro area.
Counties served by the Marshall-Willmar MPCA offices include Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Meeker, McLeod, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Swift and Yellow Medicine.
The address for the new MPCA Marshall Office is: MPCA Marshall Office, 504 Fairgrounds Rd., Suite 200, Marshall, MN 56258. Phone (507) 537-7146, fax (507) 537-6001.
