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Minnesota businesses, organizations, and municipalities seeking or holding MPCA wastewater permits are charged two basic types of permit fees: application fees and annual fees.

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.

MPCA plans to amend existing Minnesota Rules governing permits and solid waste landfills (chapters 7001 and 7035).

Advisory group exists to elevate environmental justice as an agency priority and to integrate environmental justice considerations into agency programs and decision-making.

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

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is expanding the ways we learn and understand the effects of pollution on communities and the environment by incorporating lived experiences into our air…

The MPCA strives to ensure all people in Minnesota have clean air, regardless of where they live or work.

The MPCA provides workshops and conferences to help solid waste landfill operators get certified and stay up to date.

Environmental information and permits that affect wood-finishing industries.

A training and certification program for evaluating aquatic life in Minnesota’s rivers and streams.

MPCA established a network of long-term biological monitoring stations that represent a variety of stream types in their most natural condition.

Although the impacts from Minnesota’s changing climate are touching all of us, some groups of people are more at risk.

Three members of MN GreenCorps worked through the Minneapolis Public Schools' free meal box program to promote waste reduction and recycling.

Answers to questions frequently asked by municipalities about management of contaminated sediments in stormwater collection systems that they own and operate.

Solid waste facilities may close or terminate their permit depending on the solid waste activities occurring at the site.

Contaminated land creates significant problems for our health, environment, and economy in Minnesota. By cleaning up problem areas and protecting against future contamination, we can make land safe…

Information about a variety of initiatives in Minnesota related to PFAS pollution.

Recycling market development works to expand end markets and boost the demand for recycled materials.

The MPCA is seeking public comment on a draft wastewater permit and accompanying environmental assessment worksheet (EAW) for a new regional sanitary district to serve the communities of Goodhue, Wanamingo, Zumbrota, and Pine Island.

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…