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MPCA permits are required for construction, modification, and operation of facilities where solid waste is treated, stored, processed, transferred, or disposed.
Information about a variety of initiatives in Minnesota related to PFAS pollution.
MPCA’s work on the climate-smart food systems grant from the EPA is ongoing amid strong interest
Recycling market development works to expand end markets and boost the demand for recycled materials.
The Minnesota State Implementation Plan (SIP) is focused on the six criteria air pollutants regulated by national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS): ground-level ozone, fine particles, lead, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide.
The Bois de Sioux River Watershed covers 718,685 acres, and includes the drainage basins of Lake Traverse and the Bois de Sioux River.
MPCA is opening the rule that regulates about 17,000 animal feedlots.
Perchloroethylene or tetrachloroethylene (PCE or Perc) is chlorinated solvent used in a variety of processes as a solvent and degreaser. When released in the environment, some PCE will evaporate…
Grants to replace older diesel vehicles with cleaner models, improving air quality and public health.
Septic tank installation fees and system abandonment
Improving water quality in Lake George has required treating phosphorus in the water and filtering pollutants out of urban stormwater.
Product stewardship encourages manufacturers, retailers, and consumers to treat products as resources rather than waste, changing how they think about the products they make, buy, and use.
MPCA established a network of long-term biological monitoring stations that represent a variety of stream types in their most natural condition.
Stormwater runoff is a leading source of water pollution, and the state general permit is designed to reduce the amount of sediment and other pollutants entering state waters.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) today released an environmental assessment worksheet (EAW) for a new facility proposed by Dem-Con that will process organic materials through anaerobic digesters at its environmental campus in Shakopee, Minnesota.
Eight grant recipients will receive $302,173 for projects that will make the state’s soil healthier and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. All are focused on composting organic waste in multi-resident housing.
By taking steps beyond compliance to reduce your business's energy use and transportation impact and increasing the sustainability of your business's operations, your business can see tangible benefits.
Some Minnesota companies are helping expand the use of recycled materials in the state, thanks to market development grants from the MPCA.
The air emissions breakdown/shutdown notification form is required by rule to prevent endangerment of human health or the environment.
In Minnesota, commercial entities that produce any amount of hazardous waste are regulated as hazardous-waste "generators."