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Permits for wastewater treatment require monthly, quarterly, or annual reporting of discharge monitoring results
Forms and guidance for local partners submitting surface water data, QA/QC information and progress reports to MPCA.
Volunteer-collected data are regularly used in decision-making and conservation efforts. Find a program that excites you and join in.
For more than 50 years, volunteers have gathered critically important water clarity data on Minnesota lakes and streams.
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) reflect how agency staff and contracted partners complete agency-funded field activities.
MPCA Environmental Assistance grant program puts spotlight on mend-it clinics and other reuse and waste reduction efforts.
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Conditionally exempt facilities do not need an air quality permit if they follow specific requirements.
In 2023, Minnesota saw more air quality alerts covering more days than ever before. Smoke from Canadian wildfires throughout the summer caused many of the alerts, though climate change is playing a growing role in Minnesota's air quality.
Local governments with SSTS programs submit information to the MPCA each year on SSTS permitting and compliance trends for the previous calendar year. The information helps the agency with long-range planning efforts.
The MPCA will analyze varying background sulfate levels across Minnesota, which could inform our implementation of the wild rice sulfate water quality standard.
The Burnsville Sanitary Landfill (BSL) will expand to accommodate the growing municipal waste needs of the Twin Cities metro area. The expansion is part of the landfill’s long-term plan to extend the useful life of the landfill to 2062.
The MPCA issued a new air quality permit for this manufacturing facility in White Bear Township.
Information about the work to clean up the pollution from over 100 years of unregulated development and industrial practices.
In early 2024, Minnesota became the first U.S. state to establish a product stewardship program for boat wrap, which must provide free collection, transportation, reuse, recycling, and disposal.
Volunteers across Minnesota’s 87 counties have been collecting pine needles from coniferous trees in their neighborhoods to help the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency better understand how to protect Minnesotans from PFAS pollution.
State experts anticipate an active summer for air quality alerts with recurring ozone and wildfire smoke events
Our climate has already changed and will continue to change. Minnesotans are feeling impacts of climate change, from higher temperatures, more extreme storms with intense flooding, and changes in our…
Healthy recycling markets divert materials from the waste stream, convert the materials into commodities, and supply them to manufacturers for the production of new products. The businesses that…
Air quality dispersion modeling uses a computer model to estimate air pollution concentrations from regulated facilities and other sources of pollution.