Environmental Assessment Worksheets and Environmental Impact Statements

Environmental Assessment Worksheets (EAW) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) are part of MPCA's environmental review process. This review process is a standardized public process designed to disclose information about the potential negative environmental effects of a proposed development and ways to avoid or minimize them before the project is permitted and built.

Please address all environmental review documents to:

Craig Affeldt
Supervisor, Environmental Review Unit
Regional Division - 4th Floor
520 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155-4194
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651-757-2181

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Current EAWs Open for Review/Decision

• Hometown BioEnergy Facility (p-ear2-32a)
  Project Manager: William Lynott
  Public Notice Period: 02/06/12 to 03/07/12
• Matt Holland Farm Sec 27 (p-ear2-31a)
  Project Manager: Charles Peterson
  Public Notice Period:  12/12/11 to 01/11/12
• Northern Metals Application for Major Permit Amendment (p-ear2-27a)
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  Notice of Public Information Meeting and Extension of Public Comment Period: 11/14/11 extended to 3/14/12 (p-ear2-27f)
• Perham Resource Recovery Facility Expansion Project EIS Scoping EAW and Draft Scoping Decision Document (p-ear2-30a)
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  Public Notice Period: 11/28/11 to 01/05/12 (Please note extended comment period)

Current Environmental Impact Statements Open for Review/Decision

None at this time.

Citizens' Petition for EAW Determination

• Citizens’ Petition for Environmental Assessment Worksheet for the Proposed Finlayson Demolition Landfill, Pine County (p-ear2-16)
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  • Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order Granting Citizens’ Petition for an EAW (p-ear2-16l)
•  Citizens’ Petitions for Environmental Assessment Worksheet for the Proposed Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) Incinerator
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  •  HERC Petition on hold (letter to Petitioners) October 5, 2009
  •  EAW Mandatory (letter to Petitioners) January 13, 2010
•  Citizens’ Petition for Environmental Assessment Worksheet on the Proposed Huls Brothers Trucking Project (p-ear2-08)
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  •  EAW Process Explanation Letter August 23, 2010 (p-ear2-08l)
• Citizens’ Petitions for Environmental Assessment Worksheet on the Shamrock Environmental, LLC Proposed Cloquet Industrial Waste Landfill (p-ear2-15)
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  • Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order on the Need for an EAW (p-ear2-15b)

More Information

For more information about EAWs or the MPCA's environmental review process, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , 651-757-2181.

Notices are posted in the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) Monitor biweekly publication.