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Certain proposed projects — based on their nature, size, location, or other factors — must go through an environmental review before any required permits or approvals are issued.
The MPCA and its many partners collect a wide variety of data on environmental conditions and pollution sources.
Permits for wastewater treatment require monthly, quarterly, or annual reporting of discharge monitoring results
Environmental information and resources for the aggregate industry.
The MPCA invites public comment on its draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for a new municipal solid waste landfill that Dem-Con has proposed at its environmental campus near Shakopee.
The MPCA completed 68 enforcement cases for water quality, air quality, hazardous waste, stormwater, and wastewater violations in the first half of 2025.
The MPCA completed 78 enforcement cases for water quality, air quality, waste, stormwater, and wastewater violations in the second half of 2025, for a total of 146 for the year.
The MPCA has announced that 7 grant recipients will receive a total of $4.5 million for projects that expand or improve the efficiency of organics management operations in Minnesota.
Bacteriological reduction products registered for use in Minnesota
From shorter winter ice seasons to shifting fish populations, climate change is transforming Minnesota lakes as we know them.
In most of Minnesota’s livestock-dense counties, feedlot oversight is a cooperative effort between the MPCA and county government.
The MPCA added three bodies of water to the impaired waters list for PFAS contamination. Which are they? How did they get polluted? And how much PFAS does it take to contaminate a body of water?
James Wooton puts his scuba diving skills to work monitoring for aquatic invasive species in Otter Tail County lakes.
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.
Guidance and recommendations for local officials dealing with public health issues related to blue-green algae.
Kohlman Lake, one of 27 bodies of water to come off the impaired waters list this year, did so with substantial help from the Clean Water Fund.
Minnesota has enacted laws to end avoidable uses of PFAS in Minnesota by 2032.
Minnesota’s Digital Fair Repair Act went into effect July 1. Here’s why it matters and how you can use it to save money and the environment
Any facility that is engaged in a narrative activity or a primary SIC code, as listed in the Multi-Sector General Permit, needs to apply for industrial stormwater permit coverage or certify for No Exposure.
Learn what a brownfield is, how it can negatively affect communities, and resources for cleaning one up.