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State agencies support Minnesota's sustainable purchasing efforts by using state contracts.
State and federal permits and regulations that are designed to protect groundwater and surface water (lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands) apply to specific facilities and processes that could pose…
Industrial stormwater steps to compliance Step 6: Meet requirements
Important details to help make your e-Service administrative submittal go as smoothly as possible.
Public input is critical to the work that we do. We invite that input by soliciting comments on agency decisions, holding public informational meetings, and more.
Excess nitrate remains a long-term challenge to manage. In our lakes, rivers, and streams, it is toxic to fish and other aquatic life. In drinking water, it can pose a risk to human health,…
A TMDL to address E. coli aquatic recreation impairments in five main-stem reaches of the Minnesota River.
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.
New Resource Management Report explores how Minnesota could greatly reduce landfill disposal by 2045 through policy changes, major system investments, and performance from emerging technologies.
Minnesota state agencies and local governments are working together to protect drinking water supplies.
Residential wood burning has been increasing in Minnesota, both for home heating and recreation.
Unsuspecting homeowners everywhere are falling victim to vampires…energy vampires! Find out how to slay these energy vampires by turning off electronic devices that keep drawing power even when they are turned off.
Find out what’s being done in Minnesota’s watersheds to protect and improve water quality.
A water quality variance is a temporary change in a state's water quality standard for a specific pollutant and its relevant criteria, allowing deviation from meeting a water quality-based effluent limit for a particular discharger.
Northshore Mining operates the Peter Mitchell Mine, a taconite ore mining operation, in Babbitt. It sends the ore that it mines there via rail to a processing plant in Silver Bay, which is a separate facility with its own individual air permit.
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…
Ely Community Resources was recognized for it programs that engage young people in natural resource education and conservation.
Projects to prioritize environmental justice areas
Permit applications must include detailed emissions calculations to help determine which permit type or permit amendment is needed.
The MPCA has developed a report to help improve the data when the volume of trash or recyclables has to be converted to weight.