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Local, state, and tribal agencies are working across borders to protect lakes and streams in the Upper and Lower Red Lake Watershed of northwest Minnesota.
Equipment failure and operator errors caused numerous releases of wastewater and byproduct to area soils between 2014 and 2022 at the company’s biorefining facility in Martin County.
Selected community members to advise agency on incorporating environmental justice principles throughout its work.
Industrial Finishing Inc. violated several water quality permit conditions relating to required sampling, training, reporting and inspections at its industrial equipment coating and finishing facility in Deer Creek, Minn.
New draft reports released by the MPCA recommend widespread implementation of best management practices in the Marsh River Watershed to restore polluted bodies of water and protect healthy ones.
The MPCA is proposing to amend Minnesota Rules governing animal feedlots.
State agencies outline progress on managing PFAS
The MPCA's regulatory, cleanup, and monitoring programs create and maintain spatial data that serve our environmental protection work and can be shared with partners and researchers.
In most of Minnesota’s livestock-dense counties, feedlot oversight is a cooperative effort between the MPCA and county government.
One of their portable asphalt plants exceeded particulate matter emissions by more than seven times the permitted limit.
A cumulative impacts analysis provides a comprehensive look at all burdens that affect a community or neighborhood.
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) reflect how agency staff and contracted partners complete agency-funded field activities.
The MPCA monitors water quality in rivers and streams is several different ways around the state.
The MPCA takes reasonable measures to ensure meaningful communication with individuals who are not proficient in English.
In karst landscapes, the distinction between groundwater and surface water is blurry.
MPCA is opening the rule that regulates about 17,000 animal feedlots.
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a man-made chemical commonly found in wood finishes, glues and adhesives, paint or paint removers, and spot and metal cleaners. Exposure can have significant effects…
The MPCA and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today released a drinking water supply plan for the 14 communities impacted by 3M’s PFAS contamination in the East Metro.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) sample and test fish in bodies of water where known pollution issues may be a concern for human health through fish consumption.
Kathy Wagner, recipient of the 2025 Community Conservationist Award from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (MASWCD), discusses her personal conservation work and local environmental advocacy.