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In Minnesota, commercial entities that produce any amount of hazardous waste are regulated as hazardous-waste "generators."
This feature summarizes findings from four WRAPS reports in 2024: Root River, Mississippi River-St. Cloud, Pomme de Terre River, and Mississippi River-Lake Pepin Tributaries.
The MPCA fined Regions Hospital $100,000 for improperly disposing of infectious waste in its mixed municipal solid waste in 2024.
Recycling materials into new products benefits both our environment and our economy.
Waterways in the northeastern part of the state are generally in better condition than those in the southern, central, and western regions.
Complying with the MS4 general permit
Licensing and certification requirements for SSTS businesses and professionals.
An August 2023 MPCA inspection confirmed failures to conduct weekly inspections and train staff to properly handle and store hazardous waste at its residential and commercial cabinet production facility in St. Cloud.
Image In Minnesota, 2,469 schools serve more than 898,000 K-12 students and employ thousands of teachers and staff. An MPCA study found that Minnesota…
Guidance and recommendations for local officials dealing with public health issues related to blue-green algae.
The MPCA has adopted amended rules relating to when maintenance of a closed landfill should end.
The MPCA has a mobile air monitoring program that allows the agency to respond faster to community air quality concerns across the state. The mobile air monitor collects data in areas where permanent…
The Precision Plating site in north Minneapolis was formerly home to a metal plating facility where solvents and metals were released into the soil and groundwater.
The MPCA studies Minnesota's solid waste composition and processes to inform policy recommendations, legislative proposals, education and outreach messages, and waste reduction efforts.
These Minnesota sites are registered with the MPCA to accept covered electronic devices for recycling.
MPCA and the Minnesota Department of Health continue to sample private residential wells, municipal wells, and non-community public wells (e.g., small businesses, churches, schools) in the East Metro area for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Conditionally exempt facilities do not need an air quality permit if they follow specific requirements.
The MPCA is leading multiple initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector.
In 2009, a federal court ruled that NPDES permits were required for all biological and chemical pesticide applications that leave a residue in water when applications are made in, over, or near waters of the United States.
Minnesota rivers are shrinking in the drought; some have their lowest flows in decades. What will be the long term effects?