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The MPCA is committed to engaging broadly with the public and ensuring that residents affected by its decisions have a voice in its processes.
The MPCA sought project proposals to distribute $1.1 million in grants for climate planning projects to small communities with populations of less than 10,000.
Organics recycling reduces greenhouse gas emissions and keeps waste out of landfills. MPCA answers commonly asked questions about how and why to participate in organics recycling programs.
Financing is available for public entities in Minnesota to expand or improve stormwater infrastructure.
State and community leaders visited Faribault and Northfield to observe Minnesota climate resiliency efforts in action.
Dakota County is now hosting We Are Water MN, a traveling exhibit and community engagement program that explores Minnesotans’ relationships with water.
The MPCA has developed best practices for vapor intrusion mitigation and public communication work used by the agencies and our contractors.
MPCA permits are required for extensions, additions, or other modifications to sanitary sewer collection systems that result in new or increased discharges of pollutants.
Pesticide NPDES permit steps to compliance Step 4: Report adverse pesticide incidents
ECSWC is applying for a 10-year permit to add MSW capacity to its currently permitted landfill near Mora while conducting environmental review for the unpermitted areas of its landfill expansion.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is planning amendments to rules governing water quality fees (Minn. R. ch. 7002 and 7083).
Ask the MPCA features questions Minnesotans have asked us, on the issues the agency works on, from waste disposal, water and air quality, and chemicals in products to recycling and reuse,…
Image Facilities with one or more aboveground storage tank (AST) with a total capacity of one million gallons or more must obtain a major facility…
MPCA established a network of long-term biological monitoring stations that represent a variety of stream types in their most natural condition.
Minnesota has a new law that prohibits nonessential use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Underground storage tank (UST) facilities must designate owners, operators, or employees as Class A, Class B, and Class C operators.
Trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene have contaminated groundwater and caused vapor intrusion issues at this site.
Businesses with low levels of actual emissions can submit a simplified permit application and obtain a registration permit, with greater flexibility to make changes as long as they continue to maintain permit requirements.
Projects will reduce the amount of waste entering landfills, benefiting the environment and local economies.
The 2025 MPCA annual report on Brownfields celebrated numerous major achievements cleaning up and rehabilitating polluted properties.