If the lists below don't apply to your business, see the General environmental requirements page for an overview of environmental rules for small businesses.
Industries
- Aggregate: sand and gravel
- Automotive: repair, body shops, and salvage
- Brewing and distilling
- Dry cleaners
- Gas stations
- Grain elevators, feed mills, and fertilizer mixing plants
- Hot mix asphalt
Processes and equipment
- Alternative landscaping equipment
- Boilers
- Metal fabrication and finishing
- Painting, coating, or stripping surfaces
- Stationary engines or generators
- Woodworking and finishing
Related resources
Other MPCA programs have rules covering small businesses in additional industries, including:
- Appliance service and recycling/disposal companies that handle refrigerants
- Dentists that work with mercury amalgam
- Construction companies that must control construction site stormwater
- Feedlots and their collection, storage, and disposal of manure and wastes
- Septic system installation and service companies, which require MPCA licenses
Click the links for more information or to contact MPCA staff in those programs.