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An August 2023 MPCA inspection confirmed failures to conduct weekly inspections and train staff to properly handle and store hazardous waste at its residential and commercial cabinet production facility in St. Cloud, Minn.
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Project began construction in October 2022 without a stormwater permit or a stormwater pollution prevention plan, and failed to install erosion and sediment controls at a pond and wetland improvement site near Finlayson, Minn.
$4.85 million to run community air monitoring projects in the 7-county Metropolitan Area (counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington).
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MPCA investigation shows the city violated its wastewater permit in Freeborn County from April 2021 to April 2023.
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MPCA recognized 253 municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants for outstanding operations in 2023.
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Alliance Building Corporation failed to prevent liquid washout of waste during construction at the Sleepy Eye Apartments.
The MPCA sought proposals to conduct a study and prepare a final report that includes a pathway to implement resource management policies, programs, and infrastructure.
Approximately $4.5 million was available to support prevention of wasted food and food rescue projects across the state.
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The MPCA closed 118 enforcement cases for water quality, air quality, waste, stormwater, and wastewater violations in the second half of 2023.