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New easy-to-access trainings help small businesses figure out if they are subject to MPCA regulations, and how to become more sustainable.
Environmental information and permits that affect businesses using stationary engines or generators.
Launched in 2022, the PFAS monitoring plan lays out a path for PFAS monitoring at solid waste, wastewater, and stormwater facilities; hazardous waste landfills; facilities with air emissions; and…
Over decades past, a gas station in Flensburg, Minnesota, leaked petroleum into the soil. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency bought the property and led a cleanup effort, helping restore the site for future use.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air quality alert for west central, north central, northwest, and central Minnesota. The alert takes effect at 6 a.m. on Saturday, May 31 and runs until 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 1. Air quality is expected to reach the red AQI category which is unhealthy for everyone.
The Lower St. Croix Watershed covers 585,735 acres and is located in northwest Wisconsin and east-central Minnesota.
MPCA studies shows 75% of Minnesota lakes meet standards for recreation. Clean Water Fund dollars help answer water quality questions.
Image Air quality is expected to reach the orange AQI category in north central, northwest, central, and west central Minnesota, which is unhealthy for…
Cities fined over $12,000 apiece for municipal wastewater violations
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for north and central Minnesota. The alert runs until 11 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30. Fine particle levels are expected to reach the red air quality index (AQI) category, a level considered unhealthy for everyone, across north central, northwest, northeast, and east central Minnesota, and the orange AQI category, a level considered unhealthy for sensitive groups, across central, east central, west central, north central, and northwest Minnesota.
Township and private party fined $47,555 for failing to obtain a construction stormwater permit for road improvements.
TEAM Industries, with machining operations in Audubon, Bagley, Cambridge, Detroit Lakes, and Park Rapids, paid $80,000 in fines for air, hazardous waste, and industrial stormwater violations.
Dentists in Minnesota must meet federal and state requirements to limit the amount of mercury in their wastewater.
Groundwater is the source of drinking water for about 75% of all Minnesotans and provides almost all of the water used to irrigate crops. Its purity and availability is critical to the health of the state.
The Lower Red River Watershed (also known as the Red River of the North - Tamarac River) drains an area of 281,000 acres, including parts of Kittson, Marshall, and Roseau counties.
For Katy Backes Kozhimannil, water is intrinsically tied to her life’s work. As a professor of public health at the University of Minnesota with a focus on rural communities, she has made it her life…
Grants to replace heavy-duty diesel vehicles with electric or other, cleaner fuel options.
The Minnesota River - Headwaters Watershed covers 487,015 acres in the Prairie Parkland ecoregion of southwestern Minnesota. Portions of Traverse, Big Stone, Swift, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, and Chippewa counties drain the watershed.
Communities facing the impacts of air pollution will soon have new resources to understand and improve the air quality in their neighborhoods after the MPCA awarded $…
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is committed to ensuring that every Minnesotan has healthy air, sustainable lands, clean water, and a better climate.