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Apply for the 2025-2026 Minnesota GreenCorps program and spend a year working on environmental issues and making a difference in communities around the state.

Answers to frequently asked questions about compliance and MPCA's enforcement of environmental rules in Minnesota.

Environmental information and permits that affect businesses using boilers.

Environmental information and permits that affect businesses using stationary engines or generators.

Wastewater treatment plant in Elk River paid a $15,000 fine for consistently discharging fecal coliform and phosphorus into nearby Tibbets Brook.

Clean Water Fund dollars come from the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment that Minnesotans approved in 2008.

Trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene have contaminated groundwater and caused vapor intrusion issues at this site.

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).

MPCA's compliance and enforcement program tracks how well wastewater treatment facilities are complying with their permits and takes enforcement actions when necessary.

The MPCA's Closed Landfill Program (CLP) is beginning a project to map land use in and around the closed landfills in the program.

Through this Minnesota climate smart food systems (CSFS) grant, the MPCA is soliciting proposals to distribute $40 million in grant funding to support industrial food and beverage manufacturers and food system organic waste processors across Minnesota through capital expenditure projects that will improve operational efficiency, reduce operating costs, and lessen environmental impacts at facilities.

Through this Minnesota climate smart food systems (CSFS) grant, the MPCA is soliciting proposals to distribute $7.2 million in grant funding for technical assistance and planning services to food and beverage manufacturers and organic waste processors across Minnesota.

BMPs required to manage the slurry to comply with Minnesota statute and agency rules to protect water quality.

When temperatures climb, conditions are ripe for Minnesota lakes to produce algae blooms, some of which can be harmful to pets and humans.

Environmental information and permits that affect wood-finishing industries.

Environmental information and permits that affect businesses that paint, coat, or strip surfaces.

When leaves fall on streets, sidewalks, and other hardscapes in urban areas, they wash into the storm drains and end up in lakes and rivers where they feed algae growth. The algae then decomposes and uses up oxygen that fish and native plants need.

Guidance and recommendations for local officials dealing with public health issues related to blue-green algae.

MPCA and the Minnesota Department of Health continue to sample private residential wells, municipal wells, and non-community public wells (e.g., small businesses, churches, schools) in the East Metro area for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

Rundown of all the PFAS legislative wins from the most recent legislative session.