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MPCA determines environmental impact statement not required for Riverview LLC proposed West River Dairy expansion

With completion of the EAW review process, the MPCA will move forward with issuing West River Dairy’s feedlot permit on June 23.

Pre-TMDL phosphorus trading

Allows new and expanding wastewater treatment facilities to receive a discharge permit prior to completion of an applicable phosphorus-related TMDL. Through pre-TMDL phosphorus trading a, a new or expanding facility may increase its phosphorus discharge by purchasing a phosphorus reduction from another source.

Childhood memories inspire wetland restoration

Throughout her life, Jen Widmer has felt a deep connection to wetlands. As a child, she played broomball on the ice of a wetland near her home. She once attempted swimming in the wetland but was…

MPCA launches robust program to sample entire Mississippi River within Minnesota

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) today announced a new initiative to monitor water quality throughout the entire Mississippi River within Minnesota’s borders for the first time in a single year.

Nonmetallic mining

Determine what type(s) of water quality permit is required at facilities that mine construction sand and gravel; industrial sand; quarry limestone, granite or dimension stone; operate hot mix asphalt production areas; produce concrete block, brick and other products; and/or produce ready-mix concrete.

Awarded: Statewide prevention of wasted food and food rescue grants

Approximately $4.5 million was available to support prevention of wasted food and food rescue projects across the state.

Step 1: Do you need a permit?

Any facility that is engaged in a narrative activity or a primary SIC code, as listed in the Multi-Sector General Permit, needs to apply for industrial stormwater permit coverage or certify for No Exposure.

Phosphorus in wastewater

Controlling phosphorus is an important part of protecting Minnesota waters.

A decade of work reduces pollution in St. Cloud's Lake George

Improving water quality in Lake George has required treating phosphorus in the water and filtering pollutants out of urban stormwater.

Red River of the North - Marsh River

The Red River of the North - Marsh River Watershed is part of the Red River Basin in northwestern Minnesota and southeastern North Dakota.

Feedlot permitting

The MPCA regulates most aspects of livestock management including the location, design, construction, operation, and management of feedlots and manure-handling facilities.

Scott County | Dem-Con anaerobic digestion facility

A new facility that will process organic materials through anaerobic digesters in Shakopee.

MPCA proposes changes to feedlot permits to protect waters from nitrate pollution

Proposed changes to permits that regulate the state’s largest animal feedlots target nitrate pollution statewide.

Sources of air pollution

When people think of sources of air pollution, they typically think about buildings with big smokestacks like power plants and factories. Only about a quarter of the air pollution in Minnesota comes…

What's in My Neighborhood

What's in My Neighborhood provides a wide variety of environmental information about your community. Search for:properties that were previously contaminated and those being investigated for…

Standing up to climate change

State and community leaders visited Faribault and Northfield to observe Minnesota climate resiliency efforts in action.

MPCA targets PFAS in draft wastewater permit for 3M’s Cottage Grove facility

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)’s draft wastewater permit for the 3M facility at Cottage Grove adds new water quality protections for the Mississippi River and improves accountability through monitoring and reporting requirements. The draft permit is one of the most rigorous in state history and mandates the removal of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to levels below detection.