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Alliance Building Corporation failed to prevent liquid washout of waste during construction at the Sleepy Eye Apartments.
MPCA investigation found stormwater permit violations that occurred during a construction project in 2025, with sediment-laden stormwater entering a stream at a construction site in Chaska.
Based on volume, construction and demolition debris presents a big opportunity for reducing waste and its environmental effects.
MPCA investigation shows the city violated its wastewater permit in Freeborn County from April 2021 to April 2023.
The MPCA has adopted amended rules relating to when maintenance of a closed landfill should end.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is expanding the ways we learn and understand the effects of pollution on communities and the environment by incorporating lived experiences into our air…
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 guidance for evaluating when closed landfills may exit the postclosure care phase.
Answers to frequently asked questions about compliance and MPCA's enforcement of environmental rules in Minnesota.
Failed to obtain a construction stormwater permit prior to beginning construction and allowed sediment to discharge to wetlands as they built The Meadows housing development in Otsego, Minnesota.
MPCA's leadership team.
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 provides workshops and conferences to help solid waste landfill operators get certified and stay up to date.
Mercury is a naturally occurring element that is toxic to humans and animals. At room temperature, mercury is a silvery, liquid metal, but it can also evaporate and become airborne. Mercury does not…
Companies penalized for improperly releasing polluted stormwater at Xcel Energy’s St. Paul Service Center construction site on the east side of Saint Paul.
MPCA investigation confirms discharges sediment-laden water into the Long Prairie River, in addition to other violations, during construction of CSAH 56 & 38.
Help your school get a recycling program organized and operating successfully.
Information will support the phase out of nonessential use of “forever chemicals” in Minnesota
The MPCA plans to amend water quality standards (Minn. Rules chapter 7050) affecting Class 2 beneficial uses, which protect surface waters for aquatic life and recreation.
The MPCA had $800,000 in grant funding to help businesses, nonprofits, schools, and local governments with projects that use recyclable materials or process recyclable material into a higher value material.