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The MPCA helps Minnesota communities reduce what they throw away, reuse and recycle materials, and deal responsibly with solid waste. From preventing wasted food to investment in innovative business…
The 2015 Legislature directed the MPCA to simplify the regulation and administration of work on building sewers connected to septic systems.
Step 3: Requirements for pesticide dischargers
Pesticide NPDES permit steps to compliance Step 4: Report adverse pesticide incidents
In Minnesota, wastewater treatment operators must be certified to ensure that facilities meet operational requirements.
Carba, a Minnesota-based company focused on carbon-capture technology, took home the MPCA’s Green and Sustainable Chemistry Prize at the 2023 MN Cup
The general permits related to wastewater in Minnesota.
Environmental information and permits that affect wood-finishing industries.
Disposing of wastes from a natural disaster or large fire
MPCA wastewater staff assigned by county.
Environmental information and permits that affect businesses using stationary engines or generators.
Use these checklists to speed review and approval of wastewater design documents
Application fees must be submitted with your permit application. The submittal cover page form will help you add up the points assigned to each type of permit application or request. Multiply the…
Communities facing the impacts of air pollution will soon have new resources to understand and improve the air quality in their neighborhoods after the MPCA awarded $…
Each year, Minnesotans throw away more than 850,000 tons of recyclables, worth around $153 million. Here's how we're reducing those numbers in Greater Minnesota.
The MPCA monitors water quality in rivers and streams is several different ways around the state.
MPCA offers Climate Resilience Planning grants, with a listing of previous grant winners
Allows new and expanding wastewater treatment facilities to receive a discharge permit prior to completion of an applicable phosphorus-related TMDL. Through pre-TMDL phosphorus trading a, a new or expanding facility may increase its phosphorus discharge by purchasing a phosphorus reduction from another source.
Some facilities may have air emissions low enough to qualify as "insignificant," and not be required to have an air permit.
In early 2024, Minnesota became the first U.S. state to establish a product stewardship program for boat wrap, which must provide free collection, transportation, reuse, recycling, and disposal.