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The environmental justice advisory group (EJAG) advises the MPCA commissioner on the implementation of the agency's environmental justice framework, provides feedback on its effectiveness, and offers suggestions for future improvements.
The MPCA is committed to delivering a pollution reduction program that benefits all Minnesotans and works diligently to incorporate their ideas and opinions into our projects and plans. To develop…
Conditionally exempt facilities do not need an air quality permit if they follow specific requirements.
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.
MPCA closed 153 enforcement cases for water quality, air quality, waste, stormwater, and wastewater violations in the second half of 2022.
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
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) closed 148 enforcement cases for air quality, waste, stormwater, and wastewater violations in the first half of 2022. Environmental enforcement…
MPCA online services give users online access to apply for permits and licenses, submit required information, and pay fees and invoices.
In 2010, the MPCA began receiving public inquiries about projects to mine silica sand for use in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” a drilling method used for natural gas and oil wells.
Information and references for grantees with projects funded by the VW Settlement in Minnesota.
Abdirahman Hassan Abdirahman Hassan’s story begins in Mombasa, Kenya, a coastal city where the presence of the Indian Ocean was a childhood highlight. “I grew up…
The MPCA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are working together on an enforcement investigation to address elevated lead emissions at Federal Ammunition in Anoka.
MPCA completed 100 enforcement cases for water quality, air quality, waste, stormwater, and wastewater violations in the first half of 2024