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Organizations that want to reuse materials in ways not classified as standing beneficial uses must apply to the MPCA for a case specific beneficial use.

Tools to help small businesses determine if they need an air emissions permit and/or track compliance with their current air emissions permit.

Permitted waste facilities, waste utilization projects, and waste haulers in Minnesota must submit regular reports to the MPCA.

Permitted waste facilities, waste projects, and waste haulers in Minnesota must submit regular reports to the MPCA.

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.

During the 2023 legislative session, legislators passed more than a dozen funding and policy proposals to address food waste, organics, recycling market development, and wood waste.

Systems to treat drinking water have been installed to address groundwater contamination in two St. Louis Park and three Edina municipal wells.

Step 3: Requirements for pesticide dischargers

The MPCA investigates sites where hazardous substances have been or could be released to identify risks and appropriate remediation plans.

Complying with the MS4 general permit

A permit extension notification allows transfer stations and source-separated organic material (SSOM) compost facilities to apply for an extension of their permit without a complete permit reissuance application.

Air sensors are instruments that measure air quality conditions in near real time.

Minnesota water infrastructure projects in St. Cloud and Pipestone garner EPA’s top awards for innovation, excellence in protecting environment, health.

The 2026 Climate Action Framework prioritizes reducing greenhouse gas emissions and protecting Minnesotans

Improving water quality in Lake George has required treating phosphorus in the water and filtering pollutants out of urban stormwater.

Demonstration/research projects (DRPs) allow permittees to explore potential beneficial uses or new methods of solid waste management through a limited-scale project.

A TMDL to address E. coli aquatic recreation impairments in five main-stem reaches of the Minnesota River.

The Minnesota State Implementation Plan (SIP) is focused on the six criteria air pollutants regulated by national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS): ground-level ozone, fine particles, lead, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide.

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.

Minnesota participates in this statistical survey of the condition of our nation's lakes, ponds, and reservoirs.