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The MPCA is committed to engaging broadly with the public and ensuring that residents affected by its decisions have a voice in its processes.

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.

Projects to prioritize environmental justice areas

The MPCA solicited project proposals to distribute $35 million to communities for projects to prepare local stormwater infrastructure for the impacts of climate change.

Answers to common questions about the Construction Stormwater Permit application

The St. Louis River Mercury TMDL will determine mercury reductions needed for lakes and rivers in the St. Louis River watershed.

MPCA's fish sampling process and why we do it

The MPCA is seeking public comment on a proposed increase in the amount and types of waste that Curbside Waste Inc. processes at its transfer station facility in Dayton.

Check out MPCA's new online tool for learning about polluted sites across Minnesota.

401 Certification process for applying Minnesota water quality standards to federal permitting actions.

Water quality trading is a market-based approach to the protection and restoration of surface waters, another tool to be used in conjunction with existing voluntary, regulatory, and financial assistance programs.

Use these checklists to speed review and approval of wastewater design documents

A series of new culverts in Lake County reconnect brook trout habitat and provide resilience to climate change for area roads.

Approximately 41,204 miles of streams in Minnesota (49.6% of the total) have been altered in some way by humans. Channelizing, ditching, and damming projects have changed the natural course of…

An air emissions risk analysis estimates the potential human health risks from air pollution emitted by a facility.

Certain types of permits and approvals to conduct solid waste activities require a notification to the MPCA of the intent to perform the specified solid waste activity.

A project to address excess sediment and turbidity in the Mississippi River, from Fort Snelling at St. Paul to upper Lake Pepin at Red Wing, based on a site-specific standard developed by the MPCA and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

A new facility that will process organic materials through anaerobic digesters in Shakopee.

The MPCA will analyze varying background sulfate levels across Minnesota, which could inform our implementation of the wild rice sulfate water quality standard.

The MPCA is committed to delivering a pollution reduction program that benefits all Minnesotans and works diligently to incorporate their ideas and opinions into our projects and plans. To develop…