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Environmental information and permits that affect grain elevators, feed mills and fertilizer mixing plants.

Intense storms of late spring can wash soil and other pollutants into rivers. Producers can use several techniques to protect their soil and water quality.

Streams of the Upper St. Croix Watershed are among the most biologically intact, healthy, and resilient of watersheds in Minnesota.

“Area C” is the name given to Ford Motor Company’s former industrial waste dump on the floodplain of the Mississippi River, at the base of the bluff below the former Twin Cities Assembly Plant in Saint Paul.

Minnesota rivers are shrinking in the drought; some have their lowest flows in decades. What will be the long term effects?

Minnesota is the first state government in U.S. to use this combination of innovative technologies to address "forever chemicals”

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) today announced a new initiative to monitor water quality throughout the entire Mississippi River within Minnesota’s borders for the first time in a single year.

Proposed changes to permits that regulate the state’s largest animal feedlots target nitrate pollution statewide.

The MPCA added three sites to the state’s priority list of contaminated sites that need further investigation and cleanup under Minnesota’s Superfund law.

Thanks to years of restoration efforts, the MPCA confirmed the Kabekona River meets water quality standards for recreation and proposed its removal from the 2026 impaired waters list.

The 2015 Legislature directed the MPCA to simplify the regulation and administration of work on building sewers connected to septic systems.

An MPCA investigation determined that General Mills violated state rule at its oat processing facility in Fridley on several occasions from 2019 through 2023.

Many residents have questions and concerns about loud noises or unpleasant odors that may be associated with industries or businesses in their community.

To make electric school buses more affordable to school districts, the MPCA started a grant program that puts more of the cleaner buses on routes across the state.

Conditionally exempt facilities do not need an air quality permit if they follow specific requirements.

BNSF Railway Company paid a fine of $20,000 for industrial stormwater and wastewater permit violations at its Willmar facility.

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.

Batteries aren’t trash, they’re treasure: Recycling old batteries gives their materials a new life. Visit CollectED's new, carnival-style interactive exhibit at MPCA's Eco Experience at the Minnesota State Fair to learn more about batteries.

Elk River Landfill, Inc. proposes a northward expansion of its landfill into Livonia Township.

Answers to questions frequently asked by municipalities about management of contaminated sediments in stormwater collection systems that they own and operate.