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Environmental information and resources for the biochar industry.
MPCA online services give users online access to apply for permits and licenses, submit required information, and pay fees and invoices.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is committed to ensuring that every Minnesotan has healthy air, sustainable lands, clean water, and a better climate.
Many industrial by-products are good candidates for land application based on their nutrient content.
Launched in 2022, the PFAS monitoring plan lays out a path for PFAS monitoring at solid waste, wastewater, and stormwater facilities; hazardous waste landfills; facilities with air emissions; and…
Biosolids that will be applied to land must meet strict regulations and quality standards.
PFAS are persistent and problematic chemicals that are found throughout the environment and not just in areas where large quantities have been manufactured, disposed of, or spilled. PFAS are…
Demonstration/research projects (DRPs) allow permittees to explore potential beneficial uses or new methods of solid waste management through a limited-scale project.
New MPCA report monitors PFAS sources and movement, provides direction for preventing and managing PFAS pollution.
Organizations that want to reuse materials in ways not classified as standing beneficial uses must apply to the MPCA for a case specific beneficial use.
Guidance for solid waste facilities
Certain types of permits and approvals to conduct solid waste activities require a notification to the MPCA of the intent to perform the specified solid waste activity.
An individual solid waste permit is tailored to a specific solid waste facility or activity.
The MPCA uses the EQuIS database to store and manage monitoring data and associated laboratory results from streams, lakes, groundwater, ambient air, soil, sediment, and gas, collected through MPCA programs and partnerships.
Solid waste facilities may close or terminate their permit depending on the solid waste activities occurring at the site.
Details for solid waste management facility permit issuance and reissuance.
The MPCA has adopted amended rules relating to when maintenance of a closed landfill should end.
A permit by rule (PBR) means a facility or activity meets the requirements outlined in Minnesota rules and is deemed to have obtained a solid waste management facility permit without making application for it.
State agencies support Minnesota's sustainable purchasing efforts by using state contracts.
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.