Solid Waste Publications

Fact sheets, guidance documents

• A Guide to Minnesota's Industrial Stormwater Permit for Solid Waste Facilities (wq-strm3-09) (currently not available)
• Aspergillus Fungus Spores from Yard Waste Compost Facilities (w-sw1-01)
• Alternate Daily Cover Spray-on Cover Materials (w-sw5-11)
• Demolition Landfill Guidance (w-sw5-04)
• Greenhouse Gas Reduction through Solid Waste Management (p-gen4-04)
• Guidance for Final Cover for Demolition Debris Landfills (currently not available)
•  Street Sweepings (w-sw4-54)
•  Street Sweepings Report (w-sw4-55)
• Guidance for Industrial Waste Management Evaluation Model (IWEM) (w-sw5-03)
• Guidance for Leachate Recirculation at Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (w-sw5-08)
• Guidance for Liner Design for Demolition Debris or Industrial Solid Waste Landfills (w-sw5-02)
• Guidance for Soil Construction Standards and Testing Frequencies-Final Cover Construction (w-sw5-09)
• Guidance for Soil Construction Standards and Testing Frequencies-Landfill Cell Construction (w-sw5-07)
• Guidelines - Land Application of By-Product Limes (wq-indapp1-01)
• Industrial Landfill Guidance Manual (w-sw5-20)
• Land Treatment of Landfill Leachate (w-sw5-06)
• Metropolitan Solid Waste Policy Plan 2010-2030 Factsheet (w-sw7-21e)
•  MPCA Generic Template for Industrial Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP) for Demolition and Construction Landfills (w-sw3-36)
• Solid Waste Disposal (w-sw4-19)
• Solid Waste Expedited Permit Program (w-sw3-01)
  •  Solid Waste Expedited Permit Program - General Information Request Form (exp-01sw)
• Solid Waste Financial Assurance (w-sw3-25)
• Transfer Facility Classifications (w-sw3-37)
• Yard Waste Compost Facilities — Inert Material Testing (w-sw2-02)
• Waste Tire Transporter List (w-sw6-03)

Reports

• Reports on SCORE Programs. An annual evaluation of Minnesota's recycling, reduction and waste management programs.
• Solid Waste Policy Reports. MPCA analysis of the status of the state's solid waste system, with recommendations to the Legislature regarding Minnesota's waste management policies, system improvements, and research.
• Metropolitan Solid Waste Management Policy Plan. Establishes the plan for managing the Metropolitan Area’s solid waste.

Program management decisions

• Alternative Leachate Management 
• Blending Class II Compost to Achieve Class I Standards
• Disposal of Livestock Carcasses and Farm Structures Resulting from a Disaster (w-sw8-03)
• Disposal of Mercury-contaminated Waste in Minnesota Landfills
• Financial Assurance and Ash Landfills Owned by Regulated Industries
• Incorporating Federal Regulations - form letter dated 12/14/93 addressed to operators of mixed municipal solid waste landfills
• Infectious Waste Regulation
• Landfill Slope Guidance
• Memorandum to Disposal Facility Operators on Disposal of Deer and Elk Carcasses, dated 10/20/2003
• Regulated Fill (w-sw8-04)
• Stakeholder Input on Solid Waste Issues as of May 5, 2007
• Termination of the Special Waste Pilot Project [#8.02] (12/04)
• Variance from Combustor Ash Testing Rules - letter dated 5/1/96 and public notice dated 9/11/97
•  Waste-to-Energy in an Integrated Solid Waste Management System
  • Summary Matrix of Waste-to-Energy and Landfill Gas-to-Energy

Solid waste facility lists

•  Minnesota Landfills Accepting Mixed Municipal Solid Waste (w-sw6-04)

Solid waste permit application forms

• Permit application forms are available on the Solid Waste Permit Application Forms Web page.