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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.
Question and answer session with Addison Otto, a rule coordinator with the MPCA, about her work with the agency and how her hobby farm informs her work.
Minnesota rules require many facilities that produce air emissions to conduct performance testing.
Environmental information and permits that affect businesses that paint, coat, or strip surfaces.
Sustained efforts by cities and water management organizations have restored water quality in two Dakota County lakes.
Apply for funds to help assess sites with known or suspected contamination and develop remediation plans.
Young Life Castaway Club violated several wastewater regulations, mainly modifying wastewater treatment systems without approval, between 2019 and 2022 at its youth and family camp on Pelican Lake, just south of Detroit Lakes. These violations carry serious risks of harm to the environment.
The MPCA’s Smart Salting program helps cut down on chloride pollution by training snowplow drivers and municipalities to use less salt on the roadways.
MPCA had approximately $1 million for projects that increase the efficiency or effectiveness of waste reduction, reuse, recycling, or composting programs in Greater Minnesota.
Minnesota has a growing salty water problem that threatens its freshwater fish and other aquatic life. Chloride from both de-icing salt and water softener salt gets into lakes and streams, and…
The Des Moines River - Headwaters Watershed is located in southwestern Minnesota and covers approximately 1,334 square miles, including parts of Lyon, Pipestone, Murray, Cottonwood, Nobles, Jackson, and Martin counties.
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The MPCA has withdrawn proposed rules relating to waste treated seeds.
When workers at The Lawn Barber in Elysian start up their electric mowers, they appreciate more than the quiet hum. They also appreciate the extra time the crew earns…
Permits for wastewater treatment require monthly, quarterly, or annual reporting of discharge monitoring results
The Lac qui Parle Watershed covers approximately 1,100 square miles and drains parts of Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, and Yellow Medicine counties in Minnesota as well as parts of Grant, Deuel, and Brookings counties in South Dakota.
Profile of Julia Dady, a volunteer water monitor for Battle Creek in Saint Paul.
Environmental rules and regulations are essential tools used to protect Minnesota’s environment, setting standards for environmental quality and limits on pollutants that can be discharged from facilities. The MPCA helps protect our environment by writing and enforcing these rules and regulations.
The MPCA provides climate change technical assistance to Minnesotan, including one-on-one consultation or small group facilitation, to assess current capacity, build on strengths, and address underlying needs.
The MPCA released its environmental assessment worksheet (EAW) for the proposed expansion of Crow Wing County’s existing mixed municipal solid waste landfill northeast of Brainerd.