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The MPCA provides assistance and training for program managers and operators of household hazardous waste (HHW) facilities to ensure compliance with environmental and worker protection laws and regulations.

Keep It Clean focuses on the growing problem of garbage and human waste left on the ice by anglers and other visitors during ice fishing season.

In Minnesota, about 18,000 regulated underground storage tanks (UST) are in use. State rules specify requirements for underground storage tanks (UST) that store petroleum or hazardous substances, and any piping or other structures that are part of the tank systems.

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.

Stormwater runoff is a leading source of water pollution, and the state general permit is designed to reduce the amount of sediment and other pollutants entering state waters.

MPCA established a network of long-term biological monitoring stations that represent a variety of stream types in their most natural condition.

Information for larger feedlot owners on the federal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and State Disposal System (SDS) permits for construction and operation permits in Minnesota.

There are two types of federal air regulations, the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) and New Source Performance Standards (NSPSs). Either or both regulations may…

The MPCA recognized 236 wastewater facilities for outstanding operations in 2024.

The Air We Breathe report looks at public health and air quality data to gauge how air pollution is affecting our health in Minnesota.

Learn what you can do to protect yourself and your community from environmental problems caused by flooding.

Projects will reduce the amount of waste entering landfills, benefiting the environment and local economies.

Properly trained and certified SSTS personnel are critical. What work duties can local program staff do before becoming certified, and how can that process be expedited?

Dentists in Minnesota must meet federal and state requirements to limit the amount of mercury in their wastewater.

Through a certificate of need process, MPCA is offering existing landfills the opportunity to expand their existing capacity.

Answers to common questions about the Construction Stormwater Permit application

Removing Middle Lake from the impaired waters list required wrangling with a bottom feeder, the invasive carp.

MPCA's recommended review criteria for wastewater treatment facilities that need to perform system maintenance that requires approval to bypass untreated or partially treated domestic wastewater.

The MPCA issued the most recent municipal stormwater general permit (MNR040000) in November 2020.

MPCA's Closed Landfill Program is a voluntary program established in 1994 to properly close, monitor, and maintain Minnesota's closed municipal sanitary landfills.