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This page provides assistance for local units of government with development and implementation of their SSTS program.

MPCA had approximately $250,000 available to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) through the use of stage 1 vapor recovery systems at gasoline-dispensing facilities throughout Minnesota.

MPCA rules govern how septic systems are designed, installed, and managed.

Approximately $4.5 million was available to support prevention of wasted food and food rescue projects across the state.

The MPCA provides financial and technical assistance to local government and other water resource managers to address nonpoint-source water pollution.

Environmental information and resources for the aggregate industry.

The MPCA must complete assessments to gather critical information too inform the development of the EPR program statewide.

The MPCA is working on both short and long-term solutions to the growing waste problems in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Central Bi-Products emitted higher levels of hydrogen sulfide than is allowed, causing odor complaints in the community of Long Prairie and resulting in a $3 million fine. Central Bi-Products has agreed to spend a minimum of $4.4 million on a supplemental environmental project that will improve its wastewater treatment.

The We Are Water MN exhibit at Art in Motion on the Lake Wobegon Trail in Holdingford runs from April 25 through June 17.

Located in southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa, the Upper Wapsipinicon Watershed lies within the Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Drift Plains portion of the Western Corn Belt Plains ecoregion.

The Minnesota River - Yellow Medicine River Watershed (1.3 million acres) has traditionally been managed as two separate watersheds, the Hawk Creek Watershed to the north of the Minnesota River and the Yellow Medicine River Watershed to the south.

Under the Minnesota Electronics Recycling Act, the MPCA wishes to shift the responsibility for paying for collection and recycling of "covered electronic devices" away from the public sector, specifically local government.

MPCA had approximately $1 million for projects that increase the efficiency or effectiveness of waste reduction, reuse, recycling, or composting programs in Greater Minnesota.

Determine if your facility requires an air permit and, if so, which permit type may be the best fit for your business.

MPCA investigators say West Fraser paid a fine of $15,775 for air permit violations at their facility in Solway.

The TMDL is based on 62 impairments for turbidity and total suspended solids along the Minnesota River and its tributaries and in the Greater Blue Earth River basin.

Completed rulemaking for changes to reporting requirements for hazardous air pollutants (HAPs).

Properly trained and certified SSTS personnel are critical. What work duties can local program staff do before becoming certified, and how can that process be expedited?

One of 12 major watersheds of the Minnesota River Basin, the Watonwan River Watershed covers 878 square miles in south-central Minnesota.