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The MPCA had approximately $119,000 available to support development of green chemistry and design curricula at post-secondary institutions in Minnesota.
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.
The fines stem from a release of sediment-laden water into a county ditch, and subsequent failures to notify, repair, and report on the incident.
TEAM Industries, with machining operations in Audubon, Bagley, Cambridge, Detroit Lakes, and Park Rapids, paid $80,000 in fines for air, hazardous waste, and industrial stormwater violations.
Farmers Grain, LLC, a grain elevator in Thief River Falls, paid $18,120 in fines for pumping contaminated water from their property into the city of Thief River Falls stormwater system.
MPCA investigation shows the city violated its wastewater permit in Freeborn County from April 2021 to April 2023.
Failed to properly operate its wastewater treatment facility for the River Park housing development in Oronoco, Minnesota, from Aug.-Dec 2023 before connecting to the newly constructed Oronoco wastewater treatment plant.
Does it seems like the number of alerts due to wildfires has increased in the past few years? We’ve had 46 air-quality alerts since 2015—34 of those due to wildfire smoke.
The MPCA regulates both underground and aboveground commercial storage tanks above a certain size that hold petroleum or hazardous liquids.
The MPCA is developing a sulfate multi-discharger variance (MDV) for wastewater facilities that are currently unable to meet the state water quality standard for sulfate.
Financing is available for public entities in Minnesota to expand or improve stormwater infrastructure.
Counties and solid waste management districts around the state are required to prepare and implement detailed plans for solid waste management.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Emergency Response Program (ERP) oversees the cleanup of all types of spills and environmental emergencies.
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.
Public input is critical to the work that we do. We invite that input by soliciting comments on agency decisions, holding public informational meetings, and more.
Wild rice is an important part of the biological community in many Minnesota lakes, streams, and wetlands, and a cultural resource to many, particularly members of the Dakota and Ojibwe Tribal Nations in Minnesota.
Answers to common questions about the Construction Stormwater Permit application
A dedicated stakeholder advisory group was assembled from sectors that will be affected by PFAS at remediation sites to establish guidance for PFAS investigation and cleanup.
From 2023-2025, Northshore Mining released recycled water to the ground seven times and water relating to mining processes four times. Its largest unpermitted release was nearly 400,000 gallons of recycled water. Northshore Mining has documented equipment failure as the reason for the 11 releases.
MPCA sought proposals from qualified environmental contractors for a contract to support the agency's Watershed Division on statewide, basin-wide, water body, and watershed scale projects.