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The MPCA's air monitors continually measure pollutants. With this data, the agency can track pollution trends over time and show if outdoor air meets air quality standards and health benchmarks.
State and federal permits and regulations that are designed to protect groundwater and surface water (lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands) apply to specific facilities and processes that could pose…
Surface water assessment grants (SWAG) provide local organizations and citizen volunteers with funds to complete the monitoring needed to meet assessment requirements on Minnesota lakes and streams. Assessment is usually the first step in protecting or restoring surface waters.
The MPCA sought proposals to conduct a bench study to evaluate the effectiveness and potential dosages of soil amendments at the bench scale to support the analysis, decision making, and planning required to implement Remedial Actions for the Precision Plating Superfund Site (SR0000249)
MPCA evaluates water quality by measuring and monitoring the health of fish, macroinvertebrates, and plants.
MPCA investigation in May 2024 found violations related to stormwater at three facilities.
Forms and guidance for local partners submitting surface water data, QA/QC information and progress reports to MPCA.
In most of Minnesota’s livestock-dense counties, feedlot oversight is a cooperative effort between the MPCA and county government.
After many years of investigation, design work and construction, the Great Lakes Legacy Act remediation projects at these sites near Duluth, Minnesota, are complete.
Initial screening information for a contaminant of emerging concern, Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid.
Find out what’s being done in Minnesota’s watersheds to protect and improve water quality.
The National Crude Oil Spill Research Site near Bemidji was formed after a pipeline break released 10,000 barrels of crude oil in 1979.
The MPCA gave an environmental award to the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, which sold land so it could become a watershed wetland in Baxter. The project is being finalized in summer 2024.
An air emissions risk analysis estimates the potential human health risks from air pollution emitted by a facility.
Air sensors are instruments that measure air quality conditions in near real time.
Sandblasted material from a construction site was deposited on a parking ramp next door.
MPCA permits are required to both build and operate landfills in Minnesota.
State will begin engagement next month on an updated framework set to be released in 2025
Residents' guide to stormwater permitting.
The MPCA plans to amend Minnesota Rules chapter 7152 on the Minnesota Dry Cleaner Reimbursement Account to ensure consistency and compliance with state statutes and rules by updating the reimbursement rates for consultant and contractor services for environmental response action costs.