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MPCA permits are required for construction, modification, and operation of facilities where solid waste is treated, stored, processed, transferred, or disposed.
The MPCA uses the EQuIS database to store and manage monitoring data and associated laboratory results from streams, lakes, groundwater, ambient air, soil, sediment, and gas, collected through MPCA programs and partnerships.
Biosolids that will be applied to land must meet strict regulations and quality standards.
Step 3: Requirements for pesticide dischargers
Environmental information and resources for gas stations.
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.
Businesses like grocery, liquor, and convenience stores depend on refrigeration systems. Some of these systems, however, can prove expensive to operate and harmful to the environment.
MPCA permits are required to both build and operate landfills in Minnesota.
One indicator of impairment that puts a stream on the Impaired Waters List is its macroinvertebrate population. Here's how that works.
In Minnesota, wastewater treatment operators must be certified to ensure that facilities meet operational requirements.
The triennial standards review (TSR) gives the public a formal opportunity to provide wide-ranging comments about water quality standards.
EPA awards Minnesota $200 million in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants
This permit aims to reduce phosphorus discharged by point sources to the Minnesota River Basin. This webpage contains links to the permit and its associated forms and fact sheets.
The Clean Water Council was created to advise the Legislature and the governor on the administration and implementation of the 2006 Clean Water Legacy Act
All distribution media products must be registered with the MPCA.
Industrial Stormwater Steps to Compliance - Step 3: Facilities requiring permit coverage must assess for pollutants at the facility
Minnesota prohibits rechargeable batteries and products with non-removable rechargeable batteries from being disposed of in mixed municipal waste.
Through a certificate of need process, MPCA is offering existing landfills the opportunity to expand their existing capacity.
Increased rainfall from climate change damages river water quality, which in turn damages fishing and recreation.
An individual solid waste permit is tailored to a specific solid waste facility or activity.