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The StormReady designation recognizes the MPCA’s commitment to emergency management planning and continuity of operations during an emergency.
A training and certification program for evaluating aquatic life in Minnesota’s rivers and streams.
Environmental information and resources for the aggregate industry.
Thermal paper is thin with a slick feel or sheen finish and discolors easily when scratched.
The MPCA has announced 13 grant recipients that will receive a total of nearly $4.8 million for projects that will keep good food from going to waste in Minnesota while diverting usable food to people in need.
Environmental information and resources for the biochar industry.
Details on sampling and monitoring requirements of your industrial stormwater permit.
Forms, guidance, and assistance to apply for an air quality permit.
Water quality standards are frequently adopted statewide or by ecoregions. These standards can include large areas with different types of water, biological communities and natural water chemistries.
The MPCA gave an environmental award to the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, which sold land so it could become a watershed wetland in Baxter. The project is being finalized in summer 2024.
The MPCA is committed to engaging broadly with the public and ensuring that residents affected by its decisions have a voice in its processes.
Certain proposed projects — based on their nature, size, location, or other factors — must go through an environmental review before any required permits or approvals are issued.
A series of new culverts in Lake County reconnect brook trout habitat and provide resilience to climate change for area roads.
Edina-based startup, Naware, recently took the $10,000 Green and Sustainable Chemistry Prize, sponsored by the MPCA as part of the MN Cup, for combining two unlikely technologies to replace herbicides in lawncare with a more environmentally friendly alternative.
Emissions generated from gasoline and diesel powered vehicles are the greatest source of air pollution in Minnesota
State government agencies, in collaboration with local partners, are leading trailblazing work to protect Minnesotans from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution.
Less than three years after Minnesota passed the country's first ban on TCE, a carcinogenic solvent, facilities around the state have removed it from their processes.
New MPCA report monitors PFAS sources and movement, provides direction for preventing and managing PFAS pollution.
MPCA had approximately $1 million for projects that increase the efficiency or effectiveness of waste reduction, reuse, recycling, or composting programs in Greater Minnesota.
A water quality variance is a temporary change in a state's water quality standard for a specific pollutant and its relevant criteria, allowing deviation from meeting a water quality-based effluent limit for a particular discharger.