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What to consider when cold weather has you looking into home weatherization projects
The Cloquet River Watershed covers approximately 507,858 acres (794 square miles) and is located within portions of Lake and St. Louis Counties in northeastern Minnesota.
The MPCA provides funding to local partners to assist with intensive water quality monitoring at approximately 130 long-term river and stream monitoring sites.
Located in south-central Minnesota, the Le Sueur River flows 111 miles through a gently rolling landscape, most of it farmland, until it cuts down through high bluffs to the Blue Earth River.
The Vermilion River Watershed, located within northern St. Louis County, covers 662,427 acres, or 1,035 square miles.
The MPCA's air monitors continually measure pollutants. With this data, the agency can track pollution trends over time and show if outdoor air meets air quality standards and health benchmarks.
Information and references for grantees with projects funded by the VW Settlement in Minnesota.
Any facility that emits air pollutants above certain levels is required to have an air quality permit.
Projects will reduce the amount of waste entering landfills, benefiting the environment and local economies.
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.
Initial screening information for a contaminant of emerging concern, fluoxetine.
MPCA investigation determined that construction sediment was discharged into the Blue Earth River and a county ditch.
Many industrial by-products are good candidates for land application based on their nutrient content.
Initial screening information for a contaminant of emerging concern, triclocarban.
The MPCA administers programs that are governed by 45 chapters of rules. The MPCA periodically conducts a “housekeeping” rulemaking to make minor corrections and clarifications to the rules or to repeal rules that have become obsolete.
Certain proposed projects — based on their nature, size, location, or other factors — must go through an environmental review before any required permits or approvals are issued.
The MPCA fined Heron Lake BioEnergy $18,174 for failing to properly maintain safety controls and inspect storage tanks on its property.
In addition to the vessel requirements in the EPA VGP and Minnesota’s ballast water general permit, vessels must follow the requirements in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota’s 401 certification of the VGP.
Biosolids that will be applied to land must meet strict regulations and quality standards.
A series of new culverts in Lake County reconnect brook trout habitat and provide resilience to climate change for area roads.