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e-Service air permit applications

Where possible, permit holders must use MPCA's e-Services to apply for reissuance and administrative amendments.

MPCA spatial data

The MPCA's regulatory, cleanup, and monitoring programs create and maintain spatial data that serve our environmental protection work and can be shared with partners and researchers.

Stormwater permitting

Residents' guide to stormwater permitting.

Wood smoke

Residential wood burning has been increasing in Minnesota, both for home heating and recreation.

Saint Paul | Ford Motor Company - Area C

“Area C” is the name given to Ford Motor Company’s former industrial waste dump on the floodplain of the Mississippi River, at the base of the bluff below the former Twin Cities Assembly Plant in Saint Paul.

From the cab of a tractor, a long view on farm sustainability

For National Farmers Day, a profile of pork and crop farmer Randy Spronk of Edgerton, Minnesota, and his sustainable ag practices.

Refrigeration

Businesses like grocery, liquor, and convenience stores depend on refrigeration systems. Some of these systems, however, can prove expensive to operate and harmful to the environment.

Starting a school recycling program

Help your school get a recycling program organized and operating successfully.

Sites listed on the Minnesota Permanent List of Priorities

State Superfund sites are listed on the Minnesota Permanent List of Priorities (PLP) primarily in order to access funding when responsible parties are unwilling or unable to conduct the necessary site investigation and cleanup.

To protect lakes and fish, snowplows go on a low-salt diet

The MPCA’s Smart Salting program helps cut down on chloride pollution by training snowplow drivers and municipalities to use less salt on the roadways.

Grain elevators, feed mills, and fertilizer mixing plants

Environmental information and permits that affect grain elevators, feed mills and fertilizer mixing plants.

MPCA plans to add three sites with contamination to priority list

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is planning to add sites in New Hope, Saint Paul, and Rochester to the state's Permanent List of Priorities (PLP). Members of the public are invited to provide comments.

Disposing of urban wood

Wood waste from trees in the Twin Cities and other urban areas in Minnesota is a growing problem and highlights the need for more efforts to make use of this urban wood.

Minnesota River Basin: General phosphorus permit phase 1

This permit aims to reduce phosphorus discharged by point sources to the Minnesota River Basin. This webpage contains links to the permit and its associated forms and fact sheets.

MPCA grant helps keep unused drugs out of landfills and in the hands of those in need

RoundtableRx is a nonprofit operating the Minnesota Medication Repository Program, which reduces pharmaceutical waste by collecting excess medication for redistribution. The MPCA recently provided a $52,910 grant for education and outreach to help solve the pharmaceutical waste issue in Minnesota.