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The MPCA has adopted amended rules relating to when maintenance of a closed landfill should end.
Groundwater and drinking water in the east Twin Cities metro area is contaminated with PFAS due to 3M's disposal practices at four sites in the area.
The MPCA added three sites to the state’s priority list of contaminated sites that need further investigation and cleanup under Minnesota’s Superfund law.
In 2009, a federal court ruled that NPDES permits were required for all biological and chemical pesticide applications that leave a residue in water when applications are made in, over, or near waters of the United States.
The MPCA proposes adding 46 new impaired bodies of water and removing 45 impairments from bodies of water from the IWL, the most removals in a two-year cycle since the state began the IWL program in 1992.
Businesses with low levels of actual emissions can submit a simplified permit application and obtain a registration permit, with greater flexibility to make changes as long as they continue to maintain permit requirements.
Resources for wastewater clients.
Determine if your facility requires an air permit and, if so, which permit type may be the best fit for your business.
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.
Systems to treat drinking water have been installed to address groundwater contamination in two St. Louis Park and three Edina municipal wells.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for northwest and north central Minnesota. The alert takes effect 6 a.m. on Friday, July 11, and runs until 6 p.m. on Friday, July 11. Air quality is expected to reach the purple AQI category in northwest Minnesota, which is very unhealthy for everyone.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has extended an air quality alert for southeast and northern Minnesota. The alert is now in effect until 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 12, for southeast Minnesota and until 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13 for northern Minnesota. Fine particle levels are expected to reach the orange air quality index (AQI) category, a level considered unhealthy for sensitive groups.
The Big Fork River Watershed covers more than 1.3 million acres that include some of the state’s most pristine wilderness. The river flows north 165 miles from Dora Lake (45 miles northeast of Bemidji in north-central Itasca County) to the Rainy River, which forms the Minnesota-Canada border.
Salt is commonly over-applied, sending too much chloride into our waterways and wreaking havoc on fish and other wildlife.
Minnesota is a national leader in keeping mercury out of the environment.
The MPCA is offering rebates to small businesses across the state to buy and sell lead-free fishing tackle, part of the state’s Get the Lead Out program
Owners/operators of construction activity must complete several steps before completing a permit application and beginning construction. These steps also help owners/operators determine their eligibility for coverage under the general permit.
Kohlman Lake, one of 27 bodies of water to come off the impaired waters list this year, did so with substantial help from the Clean Water Fund.
MPCA collects information about the sale and use of greenhouse gases with high global warming potential.
Where possible, permit holders must use MPCA's e-Services to apply for reissuance and administrative amendments.