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Minnesota rules require many facilities that produce air emissions to conduct performance testing.
Construction and demolition projects produce twice the amount of waste of household trash every year. A new MPCA grant aims to reduce that amount by funding innovative building material reuse projects.
The MPCA has developed guidance on a number of topics to assist real estate developers, environmental engineers, remediation consultants, and others in addressing brownfields and contaminated sites.
The MPCA has withdrawn proposed rules relating to waste treated seeds.
The MPCA had $800,000 in grant funding to help businesses, nonprofits, schools, and local governments with projects that use recyclable materials or process recyclable material into a higher value material.
Findings underscore need to reduce use of “forever chemicals”
Some facilities may have air emissions low enough to qualify as "insignificant," and not be required to have an air permit.
MPCA investigation found stormwater permit violations that occurred during a construction project in 2025, with sediment-laden stormwater entering a stream at a construction site in Chaska.
Residential wood burning has been increasing in Minnesota, both for home heating and recreation.
Superfund requires specific investigation and cleanup processes, designates parties that are legally responsible for the cleanup, and provides funds for certain types of cleanups under Minnesota’s Environmental Response and Liability Act (MERLA).
In early 2024, Minnesota became the first U.S. state to establish a product stewardship program for boat wrap, which must provide free collection, transportation, reuse, recycling, and disposal.
Conditionally exempt facilities do not need an air quality permit if they follow specific requirements.
Minnesota law requires that people notify the MPCA (through the Minnesota Duty Officer) immediately when more than five gallons of petroleum or any amount of any substance under their control is released into the environment that could cause pollution of waters of the state.
Environmental information and permits that affect businesses using stationary engines or generators.
The Otter Tail River Watershed encompasses three different ecoregions, covering more than 1.2 million acres in west-central Minnesota.
Chloride is a problem for wastewater facilities and stormwater permittees.
EPA awards Minnesota $200 million in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants
$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).
As part of our commitment to continuous improvement, transparency, certainty, and customer service, the MPCA is improving the way we track and administer permits. These efforts are part of periodical…
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