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Communities facing the impacts of air pollution will soon have new resources to understand and improve the air quality in their neighborhoods after the MPCA awarded $…
Tools to help small businesses determine if they need an air emissions permit and/or track compliance with their current air emissions permit.
The MPCA enforces federal and state requirements for air quality permitting.
Air pollution control equipment maintenance, record keeping and reporting violations led to air quality violations at the company’s two facilities in Red Wing.
Northern Metals exceeded air emissions limits, and was late conducting required emission testing and submitting reports by up to two months in 2021.
To ensure that every person in Minnesota has healthy air to breathe, the MPCA studies, monitors, and regulates air pollutants, primarily in three categories: criteria pollutants, air toxics, and greenhouse gases.
As Minnesotans prepare for another summer of outdoor activities, MPCA meteorologists are forecasting a moderately active air quality season.
The MPCA monitors and assesses lakes around the state to determine if they meet water quality standards.
Northern Iron LLC removed, modified, or replaced pollution control equipment throughout its iron foundry facility over the past 15 years without seeking required major amendments to its air quality permits before making the changes
Abbott Northwestern Hospital started construction at its Minneapolis campus in early 2022 without first having appropriate permits in place.
Businesses face challenges from climate change's impacts, but they can also take steps to reduce their contributions to climate change.
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…
Image Air quality is expected to reach the orange AQI category for much of Minnesota, which is unhealthy for sensitive groupsThe Minnesota Pollution…
The MPCA is working with the city of Minneapolis to identify sources of air pollution in North Minneapolis and find strategies to reduce emissions.
To protect human health and the environment, we need to limit the amount of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in our waters to safe levels. Safe levels means water can be used for drinking,…
Ever Cat Fuels, LLC, will pay a $300,000 civil penalty to the MPCA for air quality violations at its biodiesel production facility in Isanti.
The MPCA is planning new rules governing air quality. The main purpose is to adopt new rules to implement and govern regulation of facilities that emit air toxics.
Any facility that emits air pollutants above certain levels is required to have an air quality permit.
Sugar beet processing facility emitted higher levels of hydrogen sulfide and particulates than its permit allows between 2020 and 2022. The Polk-Norman-Mahnomen Community Health Board will receive 40% of the $350,000 penalty according to a new Minnesota statute enacted in 2023.
A 2008 law requires the MPCA to analyze and consider “cumulative levels and effects of past and current pollution” for air permits in a specific part of south Minneapolis.