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

Current EAWs Open for Review/Decision

• Fairmont Energy Station Expansion Project (p-ear2-29a)
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  Public Notice Period: 05/14/12 to 06/13/12

• North Star Lake Sediment Remediation (Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc.) (p-ear2-37a)
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  Public Notice Period: 04/30/12 to 06/15/12

• Worthington Industrial Park Sanitary Sewer Extension EAW (p-ear2-35a)
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  Public Notice Period: 04/16/12 to 05/16/12

• Northern Metals Application for Major Permit Amendment EAW (p-ear2-27a)
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  Northern Metals EAW/Permit Update (p-ear2-27f-3)
  Northern Metals Board Item (p-ear2-27c)
  Court Order Stops MPCA Hearing on Northern Metals (p-ear2-27f-4)

Current Environmental Impact Statements Open for Review/Decision

• Signature Document (p-ear2-30c-2)

Citizens' Petition for EAW Determination

• • Citizens' Petition for Environmental Assessment Worksheet for the Proposed Rush Lake Iron Augmentation Project (p-ear2-36)
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  Board packet - Decision item: Rush Lake Iron Augmentation Project (p-ear2-36c)

• Citizens' Petitions for Environmental Assessment Worksheet for the Proposed Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) Incinerator (herc-petitions)
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  HERC Petition on hold (letter to Petitioners) October 5, 2009 (herc-petitionresponseletter)
  HERC EAW Mandatory (letter to Petitioners) January 13, 2010 (herc-eawmandatory-ltr)

• Citizens' Petition for Environmental Assessment Worksheet on the Proposed Huls Brothers Trucking Project (p-ear2-08)
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  Huls Brothers Trucking EAW Process Explanation Letter August 23, 2010 (p-ear2-08L)

• • Citizens' Petition for an EAW for the 3M Cottage Grove Incinerator (p-ear2-38)
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  Board packet - Decision item: 3M Hazardous Waste Incinerator Facility (p-ear2-38c)

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 EQB Monitor , a biweekly publication of the Environmental Quality Board.