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Industrial Stormwater Steps to Compliance Step 4: Create SWPPP, choose BMPs
MPCA policy recommendations for the upcoming legislative session
POET Biorefining-Glenville LLC violated several air permit conditions between 2018 and 2023 at its ethanol production facility in Albert Lea, Minn. The facility emitting more particulate matter and volatile organic compounds than allowed by permit over the course of five years.
Northern Iron operates an iron foundry in an environmental justice area in Saint Paul's Payne-Phalen neighborhood.
MagIron LLC proposes to restart a mining and processing facility near Grand Rapids, which will require new air and industrial wastewater permits from the MPCA.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is committed to ensuring that every Minnesotan has healthy air, sustainable lands, clean water, and a better climate.
Conditionally exempt facilities do not need an air quality permit if they follow specific requirements.
There are two types of federal air regulations, the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) and New Source Performance Standards (NSPSs). Either or both regulations may…
“Area C” is the name given to Ford Motor Company’s former industrial waste dump on the floodplain of the Mississippi River, at the base of the bluff below the former Twin Cities Assembly Plant in Saint Paul.
Use these checklists to speed review and approval of wastewater design documents
The discharges in summer 2024 happened during the construction of the MnDOT truck facility in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
Minnesota is a national leader in keeping mercury out of the environment.
Pig’s Eye Dump in Saint Paul has been slated for cleanup and restoration.
Details on sampling and monitoring requirements of your industrial stormwater permit.
Inadequate stormwater protections at a Saint Paul project have netted fines for the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and Bituminous Roadways.
The MPCA has announced that 7 grant recipients will receive a total of $4.5 million for projects that expand or improve the efficiency of organics management operations in Minnesota.
Water quality trades that have been arranged in Minnesota illustrate many opportunities to enhance pollution reduction efforts while offering flexibility and cost savings to regulated municipalities and industries.
Our strategic plan has six broad goals that, when taken together, map our work for five years. MPCA’s strategic plan guides the agency’s work from Jan. 1, 2024, to Dec. 31, 2028. These goals are…
Sugar beet processing facility emitted higher levels of hydrogen sulfide and particulates than its permit allows between 2020 and 2022. The Polk-Norman-Mahnomen Community Health Board will receive 40% of the $350,000 penalty according to a new Minnesota statute enacted in 2023.
Under the federal Clean Water Act, states must designate beneficial uses for all waters and develop water quality standards to protect each use.