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U.S. Steel Corp. operates a taconite mine and processing plant known as Keetac north of Keewatin, where it produces taconite pellets for use at iron and steel mills.
Some permittees are receiving phishing attacks claiming to be from the EPA. How to spot a phishing attack and what to do about it.
To help you quickly determine whether this permit affects you, what your requirements are, and what to do next, the MPCA has developed an Applicability flow chart
The MPCA had $800,000 in grant funding to help businesses, nonprofits, schools, and local governments with projects that use recyclable materials or process recyclable material into a higher value material.
Minnesota industrial facilities that are required to submit Form R reports for Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) chemicals under the state and federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (…
The MPCA provides workshops and conferences to help solid waste landfill operators get certified and stay up to date.
Approximately 41,204 miles of streams in Minnesota (49.6% of the total) have been altered in some way by humans. Channelizing, ditching, and damming projects have changed the natural course of…
Findings underscore need to reduce use of “forever chemicals”
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
Medicines flushed down the drain can contaminate water, which can hurt fish and other aquatic wildlife, and end up in our drinking water.
Designing stormwater systems to handle the challenges of climate change differs in every community across the state. Here’s how one community is meeting that challenge
Nitrogen management plans help operators of wastewater treatment facilities understand the inputs of nitrogen to their facilities and evaluate options that can reduce the amount of nitrogen discharged.
Regulatory certainty is an incentive for municipalities that will employ biological nutrient removal in their wastewater treatment technology, and that are willing to accept a nitrogen limits in…
MPCA releases initial environmental assessment worksheet for a new municipal solid waste landfill proposed by Dem-Con at its environmental campus near Shakopee.
General Waste and Recycling, LLC plans to convert approximately 19 acres of permitted industrial solid waste space in Itasca County so that it can accept nearly 100,000 cubic yards of municipal solid waste (MSW) per year.
The Metropolitan Council proposes adding a fourth wastewater incinerator which requires an amendment to the facility’s current air emissions permit.
Ready-to-run meteorological data suitable for AERMOD.
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.
One indicator of impairment that puts a stream on the Impaired Waters List is its macroinvertebrate population. Here's how that works.
Removing Middle Lake from the impaired waters list required wrangling with a bottom feeder, the invasive carp.