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MPCA established a network of long-term biological monitoring stations that represent a variety of stream types in their most natural condition.
Minnesota businesses, organizations, and municipalities seeking or holding MPCA wastewater permits are charged two basic types of permit fees: application fees and annual fees.
Don't let your septic system freeze. Here are some simple tips that can help you avoid costly problems with your septic system.
Financial assistance for SSTS work is targeted to units of local government.
A cumulative impacts analysis provides a comprehensive look at all burdens that affect a community or neighborhood.
Grede Foundry violated the terms of its air permit in 2024, according to a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency investigation.
A project to address high levels of suspended sediment in the Minnesota River and the South Metro portion of the Mississippi River.
Image Although Minnesota is rich in lakes and streams, Lake Superior is easily the most spectacular waterbody in Minnesota. Despite its immense size…
The Performance Excellence Network has awarded the MPCA its Excellence Award for the agency's superior operational performance and commitment to continuous improvement.
MPCA is opening the rule that regulates about 17,000 animal feedlots.
An air emission permit is a legal document that describes how a facility must operate to meet state and federal air regulations, and to minimize the impact of air emissions on people and the…
Guidance for small businesses on reporting air emissions.
In addition to the vessel requirements in the EPA VGP and Minnesota’s ballast water general permit, vessels must follow the requirements in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota’s 401 certification of the VGP.
Minnesota law requires that people notify the MPCA (through the Minnesota Duty Officer) immediately when more than five gallons of petroleum or any amount of any substance under their control is released into the environment that could cause pollution of waters of the state.
Launched in 2022, the PFAS monitoring plan lays out a path for PFAS monitoring at solid waste, wastewater, and stormwater facilities; hazardous waste landfills; facilities with air emissions; and…
The MPCA sought a contractor to lead the effort to identify and replace Tribal members' old wood stoves that are not certified by the U.S. EPA.
Minnesota rivers are shrinking in the drought; some have their lowest flows in decades. What will be the long term effects?
The MPCA regulates both underground and aboveground commercial storage tanks above a certain size that hold petroleum or hazardous liquids.
Study funded by the $850 million settlement that Minnesota reached with 3M in 2018 focused on the area served by the Valley Branch Watershed District’s Project 1007 rainwater conveyance system in the East Metro.
Online tool showing Minnesota waters failing to meet one or more water quality standards.