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Learn what steps you can take to reduce the pollution from small neighborhood sources.
To reduce the pollution that causes climate change, Minnesota has set goals to cut our collective greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and track progress.
The Performance Excellence Network has awarded the MPCA its Excellence Award for the agency's superior operational performance and commitment to continuous improvement.
Residents' guide to stormwater permitting.
The kind of permit a facility needs depends on how much air pollution the facility could emit based on its equipment or processes.
Industrial Stormwater Steps to Compliance - Step 3: Facilities requiring permit coverage must assess for pollutants at the facility
Environmental information and permits that affect businesses that paint, coat, or strip surfaces.
The MPCA regulates waste, recycling, and disposal activities in Minnesota. MPCA permits are required for the design, construction, and operation of solid waste management facilities where storage, collection, transportation, processing or reuse, conversion, or disposal of solid waste occurs.
PFAS are persistent and problematic chemicals that are found throughout the environment and not just in areas where large quantities have been manufactured, disposed of, or spilled. PFAS are…
Northshore Mining operates the Peter Mitchell Mine, a taconite ore mining operation, in Babbitt. It sends the ore that it mines there via rail to a processing plant in Silver Bay, which is a separate facility with its own individual air permit.
Trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene have contaminated groundwater and caused vapor intrusion issues at this site.
A TMDL addressing excess bacteria in 22 stream reaches and protection strategies for 29 stream and river reaches in the Upper Mississippi River watershed.
Status of total maximum daily load (TMDL) projects in Minnesota.
The U.S. EPA has awarded Minnesota $200 million to cut climate pollution from our state’s food systems through the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program.
Volunteer-collected data are regularly used in decision-making and conservation efforts. Find a program that excites you and join in.
Permit applications must include detailed emissions calculations to help determine which permit type or permit amendment is needed.
Ready-to-run meteorological data suitable for AERMOD.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has developed an updated draft air permit for Northshore Mining’s Peter Mitchell Mine in Babbitt that would control fugitive dust and particulate matter leaving the facility.
Mesabi Metallics is currently constructing a new taconite mine and taconite pellet production facility on the site of the former Butler Taconite Mining Company facility near Nashwauk.
MPCA established a network of long-term biological monitoring stations that represent a variety of stream types in their most natural condition.