Legislative reports and fact sheets

Each year, the MPCA works with the Governor's Office, legislators, other state agencies, interest groups, and trade organizations to propose changes in law that will enhance environmental protection. Fact sheets on various initiatives or topics of controversy or interest will be posted on this page as they are completed.

2025

Legislative reports

• The air we breathe: The state of Minnesota's air quality (lraq-1sy25)
• 2025 biennial greenhouse gas emissions reduction report (lraq-3sy25)

  Inventory of greenhouse gas emissions: 2005 to 2022
• Rulemaking docket and record (lrp-mmrule-1sy25)
• PFAS removal report (lrc-pfc-4sy25)
• 2024 Compliance protocol report (lraq-2sy25)
• Petroleum tank release cleanup response report (lrc-prp-1sy25)

2024

Legislative reports

• Annual permitting efficiency report - 2024 (lrp-gen-1sy24)
• 2024 Water Quality Standards project report (lrwq-s-1sy24)

  (with status as of November 2024)
• Report on obsolete, unnecessary, or duplicative rules (lrp-gen-3sy24)
• MPCA interagency agreements and intra-agency transfers report (lrp-gen-2sy24)

  FY2024
• 3M Settlement annual report and spending plan for FY2024 (lrc-pfc-2sy24)
• Shakopee biomass energy generation grants (lrsw-gen-1sy25)
• Rulemaking docket and record (lrp-mmrule-1sy24)
• Municipal wastewater infrastructure system needs and costs (lrwq-wwtp-1sy24)
• Preventing fish kills in Minnesota's driftless region (lrwq-gen-1sy24)
• PFAS in firefighting turnout gear (lrc-pfc-5sy23)
• Fee collection options for PFAS manufacturers in Minnesota (lrc-pfc-3sy24)
• 2023 residential well sampling for PFAS compounds (lrc-pfc-1sy24)
• Pig’s Eye Dump Task Force 2024 annual report (lrc-clf-1sy24)