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A recent $1 million MPCA grant round will fund projects focused on waste reduction and reuse. To invest in projects that will continue to offer benefits to Minnesotans well into the future, this grant round prioritized proposals that would replace single-use items with reusables or help build a trained repair workforce in Minnesota.
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…
The new commercial organics collection will service a 20- to 30-stop route across both Hubbard and Beltrami counties.
The MPCA is working to address environmental concerns at the closed Freeway Landfill, to prevent the buried waste from affecting drinking water and the nearby Minnesota River.
Product stewardship encourages manufacturers, retailers, and consumers to treat products as resources rather than waste, changing how they think about the products they make, buy, and use.
Volunteers across Minnesota’s 87 counties have been collecting pine needles from coniferous trees in their neighborhoods to help the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency better understand how to protect Minnesotans from PFAS pollution.
The MPCA studies Minnesota's solid waste composition and processes to inform policy recommendations, legislative proposals, education and outreach messages, and waste reduction efforts.
MPCA's leadership team.
New MPCA report monitors PFAS sources and movement, provides direction for preventing and managing PFAS pollution.
Minnesota rules require many facilities that produce air emissions to conduct performance testing.
Answers to questions frequently asked by municipalities about management of contaminated sediments in stormwater collection systems that they own and operate.
MPCA awards $2.4 million to eight organizations for projects focused on sustainable building and materials management strategies that reduce waste and increase deconstruction, salvage, and reuse in Minnesota.
New major-emitting industrial facilities and major modifications of existing facilities must obtain a permit before construction and include the best pollution-control technology available if they significantly increase emissions.
Application forms and instructions for applying for wastewater permits.
The MPCA administers programs that are governed by 45 chapters of rules. The MPCA periodically conducts a “housekeeping” rulemaking to make minor corrections and clarifications to the rules or to repeal rules that have become obsolete.
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.
MPCA’s community air monitoring pilot grant program will provide $4.85 million to build more networks of community air sensors in the Twin Cities metro area.
Pollinators are essential to everyday Minnesotans, our economy, and our food production. Learn why these pollinators are so vital through exhibits at this year’s Eco Experience.
Environmental information and permits that affect grain elevators, feed mills and fertilizer mixing plants.
What is the blue-green scum that looks like spilled paint?In lakes that are over-enriched with phosphorus and nitrogen, algae tend to prosper and create algae blooms. Blue-green algae and one type in…