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The MPCA regulates waste, recycling, and disposal activities in Minnesota. MPCA permits are required for the design, construction, and operation of solid waste management facilities where storage, collection, transportation, processing or reuse, conversion, or disposal of solid waste occurs.
Complaints of discrimination will be investigated
Volkswagen settlement funds are helping MPCA clean up air pollution and invest in cleaner transportation to support a healthy environment and reduce emissions in Minnesota, especially in communities most impacted by vehicle pollution.
The MPCA solicited applications for planning grants to promote collaboration among political subdivisions, including public-private and multi-county partnerships.
The discharges in summer 2024 happened during the construction of the MnDOT truck facility in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
Solving the problem of oversalted sidewalks is elementary!
The MPCA sought contractors to work with Tribal governments and Tribal organizations that serve Tribal governments in Minnesota to provide technical support and assistance to advance environmental and climate action.
The Rainy River - Headwaters Watershed covers nearly 1.9 million acres, starting in northern Cook and Lake Counties and flowing west/northwesterly into St. Louis County and the Canadian border waters.
State agencies, counties, municipalities, nonprofit organizations, and many others are engaged in protecting Minnesota lakes.
The MPCA, Dakota County, and the Minnesota Department of Health will jointly host two community meetings about a recent event at Gopher Resource in Eagan.
The Mississippi River - Winona Watershed covers 419,200 acres in the southeast Minnesota counties of Wabasha, Winona, and Olmsted. A majority of the watershed is cropland, with forest and grassland covering large portions as well.
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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has continued an air quality alert for west central and northwest Minnesota. The alert runs until 11 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15. Air quality is expected to reach the orange AQI category which is unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Find out what’s being done in Minnesota’s watersheds to protect and improve water quality.
Failed emissions performance stack tests on two boilers in the fall of 2023 at its sugar beet processing facility in Moorhead, Minnesota.
The Mississippi River - Twin Cities Watershed is 656,990 acres and lies almost entirely in the North Central Hardwoods Forest ecoregion in the Mississippi River Basin. The watershed contains 1,320 stream miles and 380 lakes. More than 1.8 million people live in this watershed.
The MPCA offers environmental audits to help businesses and organizations examine how well they are complying with environmental regulations, and correct any problems that are identified.
Medicines flushed down the drain can contaminate water, which can hurt fish and other aquatic wildlife, and end up in our drinking water.
Pesticide NPDES permit steps to compliance: Terminating pesticide permit
Through this Minnesota climate smart food systems (CSFS) grant, the MPCA is soliciting proposals to distribute $40 million in grant funding to support industrial food and beverage manufacturers and food system organic waste processors across Minnesota through capital expenditure projects that will improve operational efficiency, reduce operating costs, and lessen environmental impacts at facilities.