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Minnesota state agencies and local governments are working together to protect drinking water supplies.
The MPCA 401 certification fills a unique niche in protecting water quality by applying state water quality standards to projects.
Countless bacteria can be found in land, water, humans, and animals. Most bacteria are beneficial, serving as food for larger organisms and playing critical roles in natural processes such as organic…
A training and certification program for evaluating aquatic life in Minnesota’s rivers and streams.
Each year, Minnesotans throw away more than 850,000 tons of recyclables, worth around $153 million. Here's how we're reducing those numbers in Greater Minnesota.
An air emission permit is a legal document that describes how a facility must operate to meet state and federal air regulations, and to minimize the impact of air emissions on people and the…
The MPCA provides climate change technical assistance to Minnesotan, including one-on-one consultation or small group facilitation, to assess current capacity, build on strengths, and address underlying needs.
The MPCA has announced eight grant recipients that will receive a total of over $1 million in grants for projects focused on waste reduction and reuse. These statewide efforts will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants, reduce the demand for resources, and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills.
Conditionally exempt facilities do not need an air quality permit if they follow specific requirements.
Green and safer product chemistry is formulating or designing a new product (or reformulating an existing one) to reduce harmful environmental, workplace, human health, and energy use effects over the product's entire life cycle.
A watershed is the area of land where all of the water that drains off of it goes into the same place — a river, stream or lake.
To help you quickly determine whether this permit affects you, what your requirements are, and what to do next, the MPCA has developed an Applicability flow chart
Create an editable spreadsheet with the information indicated below. Each step in your calculations needs to be clear and easy to follow.Facility informationProvide the facility ID, file number, and…
Residential- and high-strength wastewater products registered for use in Minnesota, including the manufacturer's name, a link to the company's web site, and the registered product's name and model.
Minnesota’s air currently meets all federal air quality standards. However, even levels of air pollution below the standards can affect people’s health, including levels currently found in parts of Minnesota.
Minnesota rules require many facilities that produce air emissions to conduct performance testing.
In early 2024, Minnesota became the first U.S. state to establish a product stewardship program for boat wrap, which must provide free collection, transportation, reuse, recycling, and disposal.
The Mississippi River - Lake Pepin Watershed includes 205,747 acres that drain several small, coldwater streams in bedrock-dominated bluff country.