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U.S. Steel Corp. operates the Minntac Taconite processing facility near the city of Mountain Iron, where it produces taconite pellets that are shipped for use at steel mills. U.S. Steel has applied for a reissued air permit so it can replace existing emissions controls in its pellet plant with cartridge filters.
Spring is the time for awakening gardens from their slumber and cleaning up the yard. It’s also a good time to start thinking about a backyard compost pile. Here’s how to build one that’ll enhance soil health and that your neighbors won’t mind.
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a group of chemicals that can vaporize into air. VOCs are in thousands of daily use products, including paint, varnish, wax, and various cleaning, degreasing,…
Minnesota's strategic, coordinated approach to protecting families and communities from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Elk River Landfill, Inc. proposes to expand its existing municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill near Elk River.
The MPCA is collaborating with many federal, Tribal, state, and local partners to clean up contaminated sites in the Duluth harbor and St. Louis River.
The MPCA uses the EQuIS database to store and manage monitoring data and associated laboratory results from streams, lakes, groundwater, ambient air, soil, sediment, and gas, collected through MPCA programs and partnerships.
The MPCA released its environmental assessment worksheet (EAW) for the proposed expansion of Crow Wing County’s existing mixed municipal solid waste landfill northeast of Brainerd.
In most of Minnesota’s livestock-dense counties, feedlot oversight is a cooperative effort between the MPCA and county government.
Minnesota is the first state to require producers fund boat wrap collection and recycling.
Requirements for discharges from a project site and/or management control site(s).
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 (…
Image Stormwater has an enormous impact on water quality in Minnesota, whether it's runoff from farm fields or from urban hardscapes. Rain and snow…
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
What to consider when cold weather has you looking into home weatherization projects
Environmental information and resources for the aggregate industry.
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 MPCA offers other types of funding for use by specialists or with more involved eligibility requirements. Funding for site cleanup: Supports the clean up of contaminated properties SSTS…
The MPCA studies, monitors, and regulates many land pollutants that affect the quality of life in Minnesota and the health of residents.
Permits help the MPCA protect the environment.