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The TMDL is based on 62 impairments for turbidity and total suspended solids along the Minnesota River and its tributaries and in the Greater Blue Earth River basin.

Resources for wastewater clients.

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.

Sustained efforts by cities and water management organizations have restored water quality in two Dakota County lakes.

A watershed is the area of land where all of the water that drains off of it goes into the same place — a river, stream or lake.

The MPCA strives to ensure all people in Minnesota have clean air, regardless of where they live or work.

To ensure that every person in Minnesota has healthy air to breathe, the MPCA studies, monitors, and regulates air pollutants, primarily in three categories: criteria pollutants, air toxics, and greenhouse gases.

Minnesota continues to reduce industrial and transportation air pollutants that have the highest potential health risks. Investment in clean air for all Minnesotans is a top priority for the MPCA and Governor Walz.

Loans of up to $75,000 at zero-percent interest help small businesses purchase equipment to meet or exceed environmental regulations, or to investigate and clean up contaminated sites.

Minnesota prohibits rechargeable batteries and products with non-removable rechargeable batteries from being disposed of in mixed municipal waste.

The MPCA library provides access to the agency's curated collection of environmental information for agency employees, external professionals, and the public.

Approximately $1.3 million in funding was available for local climate action planning and implementation projects.

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.

Environmental information and permits that affect grain elevators, feed mills and fertilizer mixing plants.

Carba, a Minnesota-based company focused on carbon-capture technology, took home the MPCA’s Green and Sustainable Chemistry Prize at the 2023 MN Cup

Wastewater treatment plant in Elk River paid a $15,000 fine for consistently discharging fecal coliform and phosphorus into nearby Tibbets Brook.

The MPCA is proposing to amend Minnesota Rules governing animal feedlots.

The MPCA is seeking public comment on a proposed increase in the amount and types of waste that Curbside Waste Inc. processes at its transfer station facility in Dayton.

Ely Community Resources was recognized for it programs that engage young people in natural resource education and conservation.