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Septic tank installation fees and system abandonment
Initial screening information for a contaminant of emerging concern, triclocarban.
Every two years, MPCA creates a list of impaired waters in the state that do not meet water quality standards.
The disposable wipes toolkit includes free, customizable communications resources to help communities inform their residents about the hazards of flushing disposable wipes.
To help you quickly determine whether this permit affects you, what your requirements are, and what to do next, the MPCA has developed an Applicability flow chart
Find sustainable products for your business with these helpful certification and labeling systems.
In Minnesota, commercial entities that produce any amount of hazardous waste are regulated as hazardous-waste "generators."
The MPCA fined Caledonia feedlot owner Mike Ingvalson $10,000 for multiple violations related to improper manure application and discharges as well as an unpermitted building.
Tailings basin piping leaked wastewater and about 11,500 cubic feet of tailings materials over nearly half an acre, including a nearby wetland in May 2023 due to inadequate operation and maintenance of the tailings basin pipeline at the company’s facility in Virginia, Minn.
MPCA investigation shows the city violated its wastewater permit in Freeborn County from April 2021 to April 2023.
Failed to properly operate its wastewater treatment facility for the River Park housing development in Oronoco, Minnesota, from Aug.-Dec 2023 before connecting to the newly constructed Oronoco wastewater treatment plant.
First of a series of MPCA staff profiles. Kevin Stroom conducts research on streams and has published a report about Straight River.
Protecting and restoring water quality is one of the MPCA's core areas of focus.
Facilities that have site-specific state implementation plan (SIP) requirements may make changes to their operations that require changes to either their Administrative Order or Title I SIP…
The Lower St. Croix Watershed covers 585,735 acres and is located in northwest Wisconsin and east-central Minnesota.
The MPCA library provides access to the agency's curated collection of environmental information for agency employees, external professionals, and the public.
Recycling materials into new products benefits both our environment and our economy.
Carver County and Valley Paving Inc. failed to properly install and maintain erosion and sediment controls during a highway safety improvement project in the fall 2022 and spring 2023 near Watertown, Minn. This caused significant erosion and sediment to impact several area surface waters.
MPCA permits are required to both build and operate landfills in Minnesota.
Minnesota passed a law in 2023 that restricts the use of lead and cadmium in 15 categories of consumer products, including toys and school supplies.