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The MPCA is working to address environmental concerns at the closed Freeway Landfill, to prevent the buried waste from affecting drinking water and the nearby Minnesota River.
MPCA's Closed Landfill Program is a voluntary program established in 1994 to properly close, monitor, and maintain Minnesota's closed municipal sanitary landfills.
The MPCA amended Minnesota Rules relating to the grant application process for the solid waste management capital assistance program.
Profile on Bridging, a Twin Cities based nonprofit that keeps goods with more life out of landfills and that donates them to families in need.
The MPCA has initiated a declaratory judgement action against the owners of the Freeway Landfill and Freeway Dump in Burnsville to protect the drinking water supply for Burnsville and Savage residents.
A successful cleanup of contaminated land along the Cedar River in Austin caps a long history of industrial pollution.
Findings underscore need to reduce use of “forever chemicals”
CAP provides financial and technical assistance to local governments to encourage investment in the proper management of solid waste.
MPCA permits are required to both build and operate landfills in Minnesota.
The MPCA provides workshops and conferences to help solid waste landfill operators get certified and stay up to date.
Contaminated land creates significant problems for our health, environment, and economy in Minnesota. By cleaning up problem areas and protecting against future contamination, we can make land safe…
The MPCA has adopted amended rules relating to when maintenance of a closed landfill should end.
Approximately $995,000 was available to develop, administer, and fund a financial assistance program for electric-powered landscaping and snow removal equipment. The goal of this grant is to reduce emissions and ground level exposure to air pollution in Environmental Justice areas.
The MPCA's Closed Landfill Program (CLP) is beginning a project to map land use in and around the closed landfills in the program.
The MPCA tested for PFAS in groundwater at 102 of the 111 sites in the Closed Landfill Program and found that 98% of the assessed facilities have PFAS contamination.
The MPCA's chloride reduction program assists communities and organizations across Minnesota in identifying sources of chloride.
The MPCA added three sites to the state’s priority list of contaminated sites that need further investigation and cleanup under Minnesota’s Superfund law.
Help your school get a recycling program organized and operating successfully.
Pig’s Eye Dump in Saint Paul has been slated for cleanup and restoration.
Study funded by the $850 million settlement that Minnesota reached with 3M in 2018 focused on the area served by the Valley Branch Watershed District’s Project 1007 rainwater conveyance system in the East Metro.