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The Small Business Ombudsman is an independent entity responsible for reviewing environmental regulatory activities to ensure that they are fair, reasonable and appropriate for Minnesota's small businesses that have to comply with environmental regulations.

Each year, MPCA hires seasonal positions to assist with biological monitoring of streams and wetlands during the summer months.

State and community leaders visited Faribault and Northfield to observe Minnesota climate resiliency efforts in action.

Volunteer water monitors collect valuable data used by agencies and organizations across the state to protect and manage Minnesota’s waters.

Although the impacts from Minnesota’s changing climate are touching all of us, some groups of people are more at risk.

Do not throw any hazardous waste in the trash; instead, bring it to a local collection site. Each county in Minnesota administers a household hazardous waste program to help prevent hazardous chemicals from getting into the environment and harming human health.

Environmental information and permits that affect wood-finishing industries.

The MPCA has developed a report to help improve the data when the volume of trash or recyclables has to be converted to weight.

Minnesota participates in this statistical survey of the condition of our nation's lakes, ponds, and reservoirs.

Volunteers can search for a lake or stream site that works for them and sign up to monitor it.

Use these checklists to speed review and approval of wastewater design documents

The MPCA plans to amend Minnesota Rules chapter 7050, which establishes beneficial uses and water quality standards to protect those uses, and designates where the uses occur in waters of the state.

The MPCA is authorized to develop numeric water quality criteria that apply specifically to a water body or region where the pollutant is found, using data from that water body or region.

From shorter winter ice seasons to shifting fish populations, climate change is transforming Minnesota lakes as we know them.

An electronics collector is a public or private entity that receives electronic devices from households and arranges for the delivery of the devices to a recycler. In Minnesota, electronics…

General permit intended for facilities using processes including abrasive blasting, brazing, catalytic or thermal oxidizers, dip tanks, injection molding, resin and gel coating, spraying and coating activities, and welding.

The MPCA works with partners throughout Minnesota each year to gauge the health of waters and identify stressors that harm fish and other aquatic life.

Pesticide NPDES permit steps to compliance: Terminating pesticide permit

Water quality trades that have been arranged in Minnesota illustrate many opportunities to enhance pollution reduction efforts while offering flexibility and cost savings to regulated municipalities and industries.

If you're new to the septic system world at the county level, or even if you've been in the job for a while, MPCA offers videos and companion documents to provide valuable background and insights.