Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

After investigating illegal dumping of materials taken from a contractor, the MPCA advises companies and consumers to make sure waste handlers are legitimate.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is accepting grant proposals through June 11 for projects that reduce pollutants in streams and lakes from nonpoint sources.

The Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System permit regulates stormwater discharge from counties, cities, townships and other government entities in urban areas.

Monitoring crews are beginning the sixth year of a 10-year effort to assess the condition of rivers, streams and lakes in Minnesota.

The studies released today confirm that a wide variety of unregulated chemicals are ending up in Minnesota’s lakes and rivers.

The building, located in Byron, Minn., will be leveled later this month.

Comments will be accepted May 13 through June 10.

From dog pound to international stardom, Clancy, the only mercury-detecting dog in the United States, passed away last Sunday, April 21, 2013.

Close neighbors are the reason the landfill is of special concern to the MPCA.

Some advice for rural residents concerned about the potential impact of flooding on their septic systems and homes.

Minnesota GreenCorps is an AmeriCorps program that the MPCA started in 2009.

The Ponderosa facility may expand its capacity from 2.95 million cubic yards to 5.31 million cubic yards, and the landfill area by 12.4 acres.

Home and business owners should move or dispose of products that could become hazardous wastes from flood-prone basements, workshops, garages and other areas.

With snowmelt and more rain and snow expected, Minnesotans need to prepare their fuel oil, gasoline and other petroleum tanks for possible flooding.

Penalties from all 51 cases totaled slightly more than $190,000.

Each year, thousands of gallons of sealcoat are applied to driveways and other asphalt-paved areas in Minnesota.

Join more than 1,400 Minnesotans who track the health of their favorite lake or stream through the Citizen Lake Monitoring Program or the Citizen Stream Monitoring Program.

Manure-contaminated runoff not only threatens water quality, it reduces the value of manure as a crop nutrient.

In response to a complaint, MPCA staff inspected the Winger business and found the company allowed polluted discharges from underground tiles to drain from the property into a nearby waterway.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is seeking comments on a water quality improvement report for Deer Creek, located in Carlton County. Comments are being accepted through April 23, 2013.

The agency will provide a free packet of leak detection tablets to any interested household in Minnesota upon request while supplies last.

The air advisory covers the southern two-thirds of Minnesota, including the Twin Cities metropolitan area and Rochester.

The MPCA will present the final EIS, final comments and responses to those comments at the Citizens’ Board meeting on March 26.

Through Executive Order by Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, state agencies are required to implement sustainability action plans to reduce pollution and toxics, increase energy efficiency, and conserve resources.