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How to prepare recycling for the curb
A successful cleanup of contaminated land along the Cedar River in Austin caps a long history of industrial pollution.
Question and answer session with Lisa Weidemann, a community affairs specialist with the MPCA, about her work with the agency.
Each year, MPCA hires seasonal positions to assist with biological monitoring of streams and wetlands during the summer months.
Three members of MN GreenCorps worked through the Minneapolis Public Schools' free meal box program to promote waste reduction and recycling.
The MPCA offered approximately $12.5 million in grant funding for projects that will prevent wasted food from being generated, prevent food from going to waste, or projects that rescue edible food from disposal and redirect it for human consumption in Minnesota.
The MPCA Brownfield Program is a fee-for-service program that provides assistance to promote the investigation, cleanup, and redevelopment of property that is contaminated with petroleum and hazardous substances.
Requirements for discharges from a project site and/or management control site(s).
Environmental information and permits that affect hot mix asphalt plants.
Environmental information and permits that affect metal fabrication and finishing businesses.
Guidance for MPCA contractor and subcontractors
Healthy land and soil is essential for thriving Minnesota communities. It drives economic development and opportunity, improves our health, and contributes to clean water for drinking and recreation…
The MPCA plans to amend Minnesota Rules chapter 7050, which establishes beneficial uses and water quality standards to protect those uses, and designates where the uses occur in waters of the state.
Hot, sunny weather brings the possibility of air quality alerts due to ozone. But what exactly is ozone?
Elk River Landfill, Inc. proposes to expand its existing municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill near Elk River.
Minnesota state agencies and local governments are working together to protect drinking water supplies.
Fire departments are often the first responders to incidents that include spills of hazardous substance.
When food spoils or is thrown away before we eat it, the resources that went into creating the food are wasted.
Minnesota law requires that people notify the MPCA (through the Minnesota Duty Officer) immediately when more than five gallons of petroleum or any amount of any substance under their control is released into the environment that could cause pollution of waters of the state.
The Army has proposed a plan for cleaning up contaminated sediment in Round Lake, located within the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) site.