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Requirements for discharges from a project site and/or management control site(s).
MPCA plans to amend its 20-year old rules governing land treatment of petroleum-contaminated soil.
The MPCA studies, monitors, and regulates numerous water pollutants to protect human health and the environment. At the state level, three agencies share the monitoring and control of pollutants:the…
Image Aboveground storage tank (AST) requirements are found in Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7151. In general:new tanks and piping must be designed to…
Complaints of discrimination will be investigated
Permit applications must include detailed emissions calculations to help determine which permit type or permit amendment is needed.
Environmental information for craft breweries, distilleries, wineries, and cideries, and for home brewers who want to start commercial production.
Conditionally exempt facilities do not need an air quality permit if they follow specific requirements.
Details on major and minor modifications of a solid waste management facility permit.
Facilities that have site-specific state implementation plan (SIP) requirements may make changes to their operations that require changes to either their Administrative Order or Title I SIP…
The MPCA issued a new air quality permit for this manufacturing facility in White Bear Township.
BMPs required to manage the slurry to comply with Minnesota statute and agency rules to protect water quality.
Environmental information and permits that affect hot mix asphalt plants.
The MPCA is planning a new rule governing waste, adopting new rules to implement and govern regulation of the Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act.
Public input is critical to the work that we do. We invite that input by soliciting comments on agency decisions, holding public informational meetings, and more.
The MPCA certifies Minnesota municipal, government, or industrial laboratories that are used to comply with National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)/State Disposal System (SDS) permits or for water quality work for agency programs.
The MPCA studies, monitors, and regulates water pollutants to protect human health and the environment. Minnesota water quality standards strives to protect water for use, measures health of waters, and guides limits on what regulated facilities can discharge to surface waters.
In 2010, the MPCA began receiving public inquiries about projects to mine silica sand for use in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” a drilling method used for natural gas and oil wells.
MPCA guidance for evaluating when closed landfills may exit the postclosure care phase.
The MPCA has begun work to implement a groundbreaking new law to remedy Minnesotans’ disproportionate exposure to pollutants.