MPCA Brainerd Office
MPCA Brainerd Office
7678 College Road, Suite 105
Baxter, MN 56425
Phone: 218-828-2492
Toll Free: 800-657-3864
Fax: 218-828-2594
Driving Directions
Heading north on Hwy 371: Follow Hwy 371 into Baxter (do not take 371 to Brainerd's business district). Take a right on to College Road. The MPCA is down two blocks on the left at 7678 College Road, Suite 105.
Heading south on Hwy 371, heading east and west on Hwy 210: At the 210/371 Jct, head south on 371. Take a left on to College Road. The MPCA is two blocks down on the left at 7678 College Road, Suite 105.

Counties Served
The MPCA's Brainerd Office serves the following counties:
- Benton
- Cass
- Crow Wing
- Kanabec
- Mille Lacs
- Morrison
- Pine
- Sherburne
- Stearns
- Todd
- Wadena

Regional Highlights
Staff Directory
All staff can be reached toll free at 800-657-3864. Click on a staff member’s name to contact them via e-mail.
Administration
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Staff |
Services Provided |
Phone |
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| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Manager, North Central Region | 218-316-3883 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Information Officer |
218-316-3887 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Office and Admin. Specialist | 218-316-3870 |
| Vicky Settergren | Office and Admin. Specialist Intermediate | 218-316-3869 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Office Specialist | 218-316-3884 |
Watershed Unit
Feedlot Unit
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Staff |
Services Provided |
Phone |
|---|---|---|
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Feedlots--compliance and technical assistance (Carlton, Cook, Kanabec, Lake, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, Sherburne, St. Louis counties) | 218-316-3892 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Feedlots - compliance and technical assistance (Benton, Cook, Lake, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, and Wadena counties) | 218-316-3893 |
Municipal Division — Wastewater
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Staff |
Services Provided |
Phone |
|---|---|---|
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Unit Supervisor | 218-316-3862 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Wastewater facilities — compliance and technical assistance | 218-316-3860 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Wastewater facilities engineering review | 218-316-3859 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Wastewater NPDES and SDS permit writer | 218-316-3851 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | ISTS compliance and technical assistance - Brainerd Region. | 218-316-3853 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Wastewater facilities - soils and groundwater technical review | 218-316-3852 |
Municipal Division — Stormwater
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Staff |
Services Provided |
Phone |
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| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Construction and municipal storm water compliance and assistance | 218-316-3874 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Stormwater compliance and enforcement coordination | 218-316-3891 |
Municipal Division — Solid Waste
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Staff
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Services Provided
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Phone
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| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Solid waste--compliance and technical assistance, County SWO liaison | 218-316-3854 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Solid waste - engineering review | 218-316-3856 |
Remediation — Petroleum Program
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Staff |
Services Provided |
Phone |
|---|---|---|
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Unit Supervisor | 218-316-3861 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Hydrogeologist - LUST Program | 218-316-3880 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Project Manager-Enforcement and Cost Recovery Coordinator | 218-316-3877 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Project Manager - Petroleum remediation Program; Land Treatment Coordinator | 218-316-3857 |
Remediation — Landfill Program
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Staff |
Services Provided |
Phone |
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| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Pollution Control Specialist | 218-316-3875 |
75Industrial Division — Enforcement/Compliance/Permitting
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Staff |
Services Provided |
Phone |
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| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Hazardous Waste compliance, healthcare initiative | 218-316-3882 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Air quality compliance and enforcement | 218-316-3855 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Industrial Wastewater compliance and enforcement | 218-316-3858 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Air quality compliance and enforcement | 218-316-3876 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Biofuels Sector permitting | 218-316-3920 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Aboveground/underground petroleum storage tank compliance and technical assistance | 218-316-3873 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Aboveground/underground petroleum storage tank compliance and technical assistance | 218-316-3879 |
Emergency Response and Large Facility Cleanup
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Staff
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Services Provided
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Phone
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| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Statewide emergency response, emergency preparedness training | 218-316-3878 |
Environmental Analysis and Outcomes Division - North Biological Monitoring Unit
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Staff |
Services Provided |
Phone |
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| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Unit Supervisor | 218-316-3919 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Biological Water Monitoring | 218-316-3909 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Biological Water Monitoring | 218-316-3910 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Biological Water Monitoring | 218-316-3914 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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218-316-3915 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Biological Water Monitoring | 218-316-3913 |
| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Stream Invertebrate Specialist | 218-316-3894 |
Environmental Analysis and Outcomes Division - Groundwater & Flow Monitoring:
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Staff
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Services Provided
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Phone
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| This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | Surface water monitoring/ modeling -- Upper Mississippi River Basin | 218-316-3881 |
Trainings, News and Notices
To see the latest MPCA news releases, public notices and listing of training opportunities, visit the MPCA News/Notices page.
Brainerd Area Environmental Learning Network (BAELN)
BAELN works to create opportunities for people in the environmental field, and the community, to receive timely information on environmental and sustainability issues, along with the chance to network with others. Formed in 2003, BAELN offers professional development opportunities through presentations, tours and networking opportunities from September through June.
BAELN is a collaborative effort of the following organizations: 1000 Friends of Minnesota, Central Lakes College, Crow Wing County Soil and Water Conservation District, Initiative Foundation, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Department of Transportation, MPCA, The Nature Conservancy, Paul Bunyan Trail Association, and the U of MN Extension Service.
For more information on BAELN, please contact Stephen Mikkelson at 218-316-3887, or toll free at 1-800-657-3864. Or by e-mail at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Environmental Links
- Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
- Board of Water and Soil Resources
- Dept. of Agriculture
- Dept. of Health
- Dept. of Natural Resources
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Waters and Rivers Commission
- Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources
- Environmental News Network
- Environmental Quality Board (Minnesota Planning Agency)
- Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (MASWCD)
- Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts
- Minnesota Environmental Fund
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Sharing Environmental Education Knowledge
- University of Minnesota Extension

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