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Land housekeeping amendments

The MPCA administers programs that are governed by 45 chapters of rules. The MPCA periodically conducts a “housekeeping” rulemaking to make minor corrections and clarifications to the rules or to repeal rules that have become obsolete.

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.

To fight climate change, Minnesota-based Carba puts dead trees to work

Carba, a Minnesota-based company focused on carbon-capture technology, took home the MPCA’s Green and Sustainable Chemistry Prize at the 2023 MN Cup

Grain elevators, feed mills, and fertilizer mixing plants

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

Protecting children and families from lead and cadmium

Minnesota passed a law in 2023 that restricts the use of lead and cadmium in 15 categories of consumer products, including toys and school supplies.

Mississippi River - Lake Pepin

The Mississippi River - Lake Pepin Watershed includes 205,747 acres that drain several small, coldwater streams in bedrock-dominated bluff country.

Towing company uses MPCA grants to clean up its fleet of diesel trucks

The MPCA is granting $4.4m from VW settlement funds to replace dirty diesel trucks with cleaner drivetrains. Similar previous grants show how the program works.

Synthetic minor permit limits

Facilities that produce air emissions can benefit by proposing limits on their own operations to avoid certain types of regulatory requirements. You might accept limits to stay under emission…

Air emissions inventory reporting and fees

All facilities with air permits must submit an annual emissions inventory report to the MPCA that tracks actual emissions of major pollutants at that facility.

MPCA helps Mankato nonprofit keep good food out of landfills

Mankato nonprofit South Central Minnesota Food Recovery used MPCA grant money to build out a network to save food from the landfill and distribute it to people in need.

Closed: CSFS - Statewide prevention of wasted food and food rescue grant

The MPCA offered approximately $12.5 million in grant funding for projects that will prevent wasted food from being generated, prevent food from going to waste, or projects that rescue edible food from disposal and redirect it for human consumption in Minnesota.

Food rescue efforts across Minnesota get nearly $4.8 million in MPCA grants for preventing wasted food

The MPCA has announced 13 grant recipients that will receive a total of nearly $4.8 million for projects that will keep good food from going to waste in Minnesota while diverting usable food to people in need.