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Conditionally exempt facilities do not need an air quality permit if they follow specific requirements.
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 $…
Batteries aren’t trash, they’re treasure: Recycling old batteries gives their materials a new life. Visit CollectED's new, carnival-style interactive exhibit at MPCA's Eco Experience at the Minnesota State Fair to learn more about batteries.
The MPCA monitors and assesses lakes around the state to determine if they meet water quality standards.
Coal tar-based sealants can no longer be sold or applied legally in Minnesota as of 2014.
Roundup of key environmental justice laws passed by the Legislature in 2023
Profile of Julia Dady, a volunteer water monitor for Battle Creek in Saint Paul.
Important details to help make your e-Service submittal go as smoothly as possible.
A transport truck released fugitive lime dust that drifted and deposited on area school playground equipment, vehicles, and vegetation near its paper production facility in International Falls, Minn., in October 2023.
The MPCA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are working together on an enforcement investigation to address elevated lead emissions at Federal Ammunition in Anoka.
Profile on Bridging, a Twin Cities based nonprofit that keeps goods with more life out of landfills and that donates them to families in need.
Completed rulemaking for changes to reporting requirements for hazardous air pollutants (HAPs).
The MPCA has started a study intended to understand and document the variation in naturally occurring sulfate levels across the state.
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…
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.
This training program focuses on the implementation of best management practices for lawn/turf care maintenance.
State agencies support Minnesota's sustainable purchasing efforts by using state contracts.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is planning amendments to rules governing water quality fees (Minn. R. ch. 7002 and 7083).
A dedicated stakeholder advisory group was assembled from sectors that will be affected by PFAS at remediation sites to establish guidance for PFAS investigation and cleanup.
The MPCA 401 certification fills a unique niche in protecting water quality by applying state water quality standards to projects.