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Spilled mercury, even small quantities in the home, should be cleaned up quickly and properly so that people don't come in contact with it or breathe its vapors.
The MPCA regulates both underground and aboveground commercial storage tanks above a certain size that hold petroleum or hazardous liquids.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) today announced a new initiative to monitor water quality throughout the entire Mississippi River within Minnesota’s borders for the first time in a single year.
Learn about environmental regulations that may apply to your business. It is not an exhaustive list, so other regulations may apply.
The new commercial organics collection will service a 20- to 30-stop route across both Hubbard and Beltrami counties.
Researchers collect samples of sediment from the bottom of Lake of the Woods in 2024. (Photo courtesy of St. Croix Watershed Research Station) After years of study…
The MPCA added three sites to the state’s priority list of contaminated sites that need further investigation and cleanup under Minnesota’s Superfund law.
The effects of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) on fish, wildlife, and humans are only partly understood. The MPCA has been collecting occurrence data for a diverse set of CECs, but toxicity…
Advisory group exists to elevate environmental justice as an agency priority and to integrate environmental justice considerations into agency programs and decision-making.
The MPCA had approximately $2 million to support projects that focus on sustainable building and materials management strategies that reduce waste and increase deconstruction, salvage, and reuse.
Minnesota is the first state government in U.S. to use this combination of innovative technologies to address "forever chemicals”
Many industrial by-products are good candidates for land application based on their nutrient content.
Image MPCA staff provide technical assistance to businesses seeking to improve their environmental performance and prevent pollution.Small business…
To prevent food waste at its veterans homes, the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs used a $185,000 MPCA grant to purchase new meal-ordering technology.
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…
Minnesota industrial facilities that are required to submit Form R reports for Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) chemicals under the state and federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (…
MPCA rules govern the collection, transportation, storage, processing, and land application of animal manure and other livestock operation wastes.
Salt is commonly over-applied, sending too much chloride into our waterways and wreaking havoc on fish and other wildlife.
Image Many commercial buildings in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington counties are required to recycle at least three of the…
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.