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Minnesota is a national leader in ensuring healthy air quality. The Clean Air Act requires states to take significant responsibility for preventing and controlling air pollution. States must pass…
Industrial Stormwater Steps to Compliance Step 4: Create SWPPP, choose BMPs
Industrial stormwater steps to compliance Step 6: Meet requirements
The Pomme de Terre River begins cool and clear in Otter Tail County, bordered by wooded hills and grassy meadows. It flows south through several lakes; as the river nears its mouth, it is bordered by eroding banks, becoming increasingly muddy before discharging into the Minnesota River at Marsh Lake.
The U.S. EPA approved Minnesota's Statewide Mercury Total Maximum Daily Load study in March 2007.
Composting organic waste and compostable products creates a valuable product that improves soil fertility, conserves water, and reduces erosion.
Some permittees are receiving phishing attacks claiming to be from the EPA. How to spot a phishing attack and what to do about it.
Pesticide NPDES Permit Steps to Compliance Step 2: submit a notice of intent
Image Although Minnesota is rich in lakes and streams, Lake Superior is easily the most spectacular waterbody in Minnesota. Despite its immense size…
Profile of John Weiss, a volunteer with the MPCA's Volunteer Water Monitoring Program
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) requests public comment on a rule that will shape nation-leading restrictions on the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Residents' guide to stormwater permitting.
MPCA's environmental review process for feedlots operates according to the rules of the Environmental Quality Board.
The MPCA has withdrawn proposed rules relating to waste treated seeds.
New MPCA report monitors PFAS sources and movement, provides direction for preventing and managing PFAS pollution.
The MPCA identified a series of policy recommendations for the optimal management of decommissioned solar panels.
The MPCA created a statewide inventory of streams that have been hydrologically modified: channelized, ditched, or impounded
Elevated levels of tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene have been found in soil vapor around this site in St. Paul.
The MPCA completed 75 enforcement cases for water quality, air quality, waste, stormwater, and wastewater violations in the second half of 2024.
The triennial standards review (TSR) gives the public a formal opportunity to provide wide-ranging comments about water quality standards.