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The 2025 MPCA annual report on Brownfields celebrated numerous major achievements cleaning up and rehabilitating polluted properties.
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…
Resources and best management practices to help protect water quality on construction sites.
The small business ombudsman is an independent entity responsible for reviewing environmental regulatory activities to ensure that they are fair, reasonable and appropriate for Minnesota's small businesses that have to comply with environmental regulations.
Privacy rightsSeveral federal and state laws protect your privacy rights regarding the information the MPCA has about you. At times, an MPCA staff member may ask you to provide information about…
Residents' guide to stormwater permitting.
This training program focuses on the implementation of best management practices for lawn/turf care maintenance.
What an organization buys, who it buys from, and how it uses the goods and services once bought is a reflection of the organization's values. Sustainable purchasing policies shows a commitment to…
MPCA keeps its public data easily accessible for convenient use.
Minnesota GreenCorps member Leslie Alcantar Mejia helped Hennepin County toward its goal of planting 1 million trees during her service term.
Smart technology, conservation practices, and a commitment to clean water help this family dairy and crop operation thrive — while protecting rivers, streams, and future generations.
Fire departments are often the first responders to incidents that include spills of hazardous substance.
A successful cleanup of contaminated land along the Cedar River in Austin caps a long history of industrial pollution.
As part of the MN Cup competition, MPCA offers a Sustainable Chemistry Prize of $10,000 to technologies and products that were designed using one or more green chemistry principles or that demonstrate safer or more sustainable chemistry than those already on the market.
The MPCA has withdrawn proposed rules relating to waste treated seeds.
The MPCA invites the public and manufacturers to provide comments on the reporting and fees rule for products containing PFAS.
MPCA investigation determined Derek Vekich committed stormwater and wetland violations in 2024.
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.
Northern Iron operates an iron foundry in an environmental justice area in Saint Paul's Payne-Phalen neighborhood.
State and community leaders visited Faribault and Northfield to observe Minnesota climate resiliency efforts in action.