The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is a Minnesota state agency that monitors environmental quality, offers technical and financial assistance, and enforces environmental regulations for the State of Minnesota. The MPCA finds and cleans up spills and leaks that can affect public health and the environment. The MPCA staff develops statewide policies and supports environmental education, working with such partners as citizens, municipalities, businesses, environmental groups, and educators to prevent pollution and conserve resources.
Minnesota (i/mɪnᵻˈsoʊtə/; locally[ˌmɪnəˈso̞ɾə]) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The name comes from the Dakota word for "clear blue water". Owing to its large number of lakes, the state is informally known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord (French: Star of the North).
Minnesota is the 12th largest in area and the 21st most populous of the U.S. States; nearly 60 percent of its residents live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paulmetropolitan area (known as the "Twin Cities"), the center of transportation, business, industry, education, and government and home to an internationally known arts community. The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation.
Minnesota wine refers to wine made from grapes grown in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Minnesota is part of the largest American Viticultural Area (AVA), the Upper Mississippi Valley AVA, which includes southwest Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa, and northwest Illinois. The state also has a smaller designated American Viticultural Areas, the Alexandria Lakes AVA. Minnesota is a very cold climate for viticulture and many grapevarieties require protection from the winter weather by being buried under soil for the season. Minnesota is home to extensive research on cold-hardy French hybrid and other grape varieties.
The Minnesota Grape Growers Association (MGGA) is a statewide organization that promotes grape growing and wine making in the state and also in cold-hardy climates. Minnesota is home to the International Cold Climate Wine Competition (ICCWC) hosted annually by a partnership between MGGA and University of Minnesota. This is the only wine competition solely dedicated to the promotion of quality wines made mainly from cold-hardy grape varieties. In 2014, the 6th annual competition saw 284 wines entered from 59 commercial wineries in 11 states. Awards were based on blind tastings by 21 expert judges, who include enologists, wine writers, restaurateurs, retailers, and wine educators.
The Minnesota River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534km) long, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It drains a watershed of nearly 17,000 square miles (44,000km2), 14,751 square miles (38,200km2) in Minnesota and about 2,000sqmi (5,200km2) in South Dakota and Iowa.
It rises in southwestern Minnesota, in Big Stone Lake on the Minnesota–South Dakota border just south of the Laurentian Divide at the Traverse Gap portage. It flows southeast to Mankato, then turns northeast. It joins the Mississippi south of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, near the historic Fort Snelling. The valley is one of several distinct regions of Minnesota. Of Dakota language origin, the name Minnesota means "sky-tinted water or cloudy-sky water", from mní (often transcribed as "minne" or "mini") meaning "water" and sóta meaning "sky-tinted" or "cloudy sky", and, refers to the milky-brown color its waters take on when at flood stage. An illustration of the meaning of these words was shown by dropping a little milk into water. For over a century prior to the organization of the Minnesota Territory in 1849, the name St. Pierre (St. Peter) had been generally applied to the river by French and English explorers and writers. Minnesota River is shown on the 1757 edition of Mitchell Map as "Ouadebameniſsouté [Watpá Mnísota] or R. St. Peter". On June 19, 1852, acting upon a request from the Minnesota territorial legislature, the United States Congress decreed the aboriginal name for the river, Minnesota, to be the river’s official name and ordered all agencies of the federal government to use that name when referencing it.
MN Pollution Control Agency, Ramsey Co. Enter Joint Powers Agreement
Mistakes that may have led to a Twin Cities manufacturing plant putting the community in danger are being remedied.
published: 16 Mar 2022
What's in My Neighborhood?
A search tool for information in your neighborhood.
published: 04 Oct 2010
Katrina Kessler appointed commissioner of Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
We're pleased to announce Katrina Kessler as our incoming commissioner! Kessler, currently Assistant Commissioner for Water Policy & Agriculture, has served the MPCA in various roles for over 15 years, helping advance agency priorities and policies, adopt innovative solutions to protect the environment and support new jobs, and address climate change. Learn more: https://bit.ly/31jmkOF
published: 29 Oct 2021
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency lays out east metro drinking water plans
The MPCA has laid out three options for supplying drinking water to the east metro. Most of the costs would be paid out of the state's lawsuit settlement with 3M.
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published: 10 Sep 2020
Large Scale Composting
Animation shows the basics of large scale composting.
published: 05 Mar 2015
Expanding Recycling Markets Roundtable - MPCA honors grant awardees
MPCA Commissioner Laura Bishop hosts a roundtable conversation to highlight four Greater Minnesota businesses working to expand recycling markets and create new jobs. The companies are recipients of the MPCA’s new Recycling Market Development grants, using state funding for projects that aim to increase the value of raw materials developed from recycling goods and create more than 200 new jobs across Minnesota.
Participants include:
Donnie Hopp, P.E.C.E Recycling, Cosmos
Helen Forsythe, Curbside Compost Cooperative, Northfield
Pamela Baltes, Employment Enterprises, Little Falls
Jeff Grunenwald, Greenforest Recycling, Brainerd.
published: 19 Feb 2021
MPCA proposes changes to feedlot permits to protect waters from nitrate pollution
As part of efforts to reduce nitrate pollution statewide, the MPCA has released proposed changes to NPDES and SDS general permits, which regulate the state’s largest animal feedlots. Proposed changes would have the greatest benefit in regions of Minnesota where nitrate can move easily through the soil and into groundwater.
published: 24 Jun 2024
MPCA "unable to replicate emissions violations" found by EPA at Smith Foundry in Minneapolis
Two environmental agencies are at odds over pollution violations in a Twin Cities neighborhood.
published: 23 Nov 2023
Legislative Auditor: MN Pollution Control Agency Did Not Inspect Water Gremlin As Often As It Should
An independent legislative watchdog released a troubling report about the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and its oversight of Water Gremlin, Jennifer Mayerle reports (2:37). WCCO 4 News At 6 - February 11, 2021
published: 12 Feb 2021
MPCA comments on 2016 MN Impaired Waters list
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We're pleased to announce Katrina Kessler as our incoming commissioner! Kessler, currently Assistant Commissioner for Water Policy & Agriculture, has served the...
We're pleased to announce Katrina Kessler as our incoming commissioner! Kessler, currently Assistant Commissioner for Water Policy & Agriculture, has served the MPCA in various roles for over 15 years, helping advance agency priorities and policies, adopt innovative solutions to protect the environment and support new jobs, and address climate change. Learn more: https://bit.ly/31jmkOF
We're pleased to announce Katrina Kessler as our incoming commissioner! Kessler, currently Assistant Commissioner for Water Policy & Agriculture, has served the MPCA in various roles for over 15 years, helping advance agency priorities and policies, adopt innovative solutions to protect the environment and support new jobs, and address climate change. Learn more: https://bit.ly/31jmkOF
The MPCA has laid out three options for supplying drinking water to the east metro. Most of the costs would be paid out of the state's lawsuit settlement with 3...
The MPCA has laid out three options for supplying drinking water to the east metro. Most of the costs would be paid out of the state's lawsuit settlement with 3M.
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MPCA Commissioner Laura Bishop hosts a roundtable conversation to highlight four Greater Minnesota businesses working to expand recycling markets and create new...
MPCA Commissioner Laura Bishop hosts a roundtable conversation to highlight four Greater Minnesota businesses working to expand recycling markets and create new jobs. The companies are recipients of the MPCA’s new Recycling Market Development grants, using state funding for projects that aim to increase the value of raw materials developed from recycling goods and create more than 200 new jobs across Minnesota.
Participants include:
Donnie Hopp, P.E.C.E Recycling, Cosmos
Helen Forsythe, Curbside Compost Cooperative, Northfield
Pamela Baltes, Employment Enterprises, Little Falls
Jeff Grunenwald, Greenforest Recycling, Brainerd.
MPCA Commissioner Laura Bishop hosts a roundtable conversation to highlight four Greater Minnesota businesses working to expand recycling markets and create new jobs. The companies are recipients of the MPCA’s new Recycling Market Development grants, using state funding for projects that aim to increase the value of raw materials developed from recycling goods and create more than 200 new jobs across Minnesota.
Participants include:
Donnie Hopp, P.E.C.E Recycling, Cosmos
Helen Forsythe, Curbside Compost Cooperative, Northfield
Pamela Baltes, Employment Enterprises, Little Falls
Jeff Grunenwald, Greenforest Recycling, Brainerd.
As part of efforts to reduce nitrate pollution statewide, the MPCA has released proposed changes to NPDES and SDS general permits, which regulate the state’s la...
As part of efforts to reduce nitrate pollution statewide, the MPCA has released proposed changes to NPDES and SDS general permits, which regulate the state’s largest animal feedlots. Proposed changes would have the greatest benefit in regions of Minnesota where nitrate can move easily through the soil and into groundwater.
As part of efforts to reduce nitrate pollution statewide, the MPCA has released proposed changes to NPDES and SDS general permits, which regulate the state’s largest animal feedlots. Proposed changes would have the greatest benefit in regions of Minnesota where nitrate can move easily through the soil and into groundwater.
An independent legislative watchdog released a troubling report about the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and its oversight of Water Gremlin, Jennifer Mayerl...
An independent legislative watchdog released a troubling report about the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and its oversight of Water Gremlin, Jennifer Mayerle reports (2:37). WCCO 4 News At 6 - February 11, 2021
An independent legislative watchdog released a troubling report about the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and its oversight of Water Gremlin, Jennifer Mayerle reports (2:37). WCCO 4 News At 6 - February 11, 2021
We're pleased to announce Katrina Kessler as our incoming commissioner! Kessler, currently Assistant Commissioner for Water Policy & Agriculture, has served the MPCA in various roles for over 15 years, helping advance agency priorities and policies, adopt innovative solutions to protect the environment and support new jobs, and address climate change. Learn more: https://bit.ly/31jmkOF
The MPCA has laid out three options for supplying drinking water to the east metro. Most of the costs would be paid out of the state's lawsuit settlement with 3M.
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MPCA Commissioner Laura Bishop hosts a roundtable conversation to highlight four Greater Minnesota businesses working to expand recycling markets and create new jobs. The companies are recipients of the MPCA’s new Recycling Market Development grants, using state funding for projects that aim to increase the value of raw materials developed from recycling goods and create more than 200 new jobs across Minnesota.
Participants include:
Donnie Hopp, P.E.C.E Recycling, Cosmos
Helen Forsythe, Curbside Compost Cooperative, Northfield
Pamela Baltes, Employment Enterprises, Little Falls
Jeff Grunenwald, Greenforest Recycling, Brainerd.
As part of efforts to reduce nitrate pollution statewide, the MPCA has released proposed changes to NPDES and SDS general permits, which regulate the state’s largest animal feedlots. Proposed changes would have the greatest benefit in regions of Minnesota where nitrate can move easily through the soil and into groundwater.
An independent legislative watchdog released a troubling report about the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and its oversight of Water Gremlin, Jennifer Mayerle reports (2:37). WCCO 4 News At 6 - February 11, 2021
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is a Minnesota state agency that monitors environmental quality, offers technical and financial assistance, and enforces environmental regulations for the State of Minnesota. The MPCA finds and cleans up spills and leaks that can affect public health and the environment. The MPCA staff develops statewide policies and supports environmental education, working with such partners as citizens, municipalities, businesses, environmental groups, and educators to prevent pollution and conserve resources.
The expansion would have put the facility in the top 1% of the state's largest livestock operations, according to the MinnesotaPollutionControlAgency’s Feedlots in Minnesota database.
... outside Minnesota ... In 2020, the Minnesota PollutionControlAgency called on the EPA to set standards on mercury, and the EPA released a draft of the rule in 2023, which was finalized in March 2024.
... outside Minnesota ... In 2020, the Minnesota PollutionControlAgency called on the EPA to set standards on mercury and the EPA released a draft of the rule in 2023, which was finalized in March 2024.
2000 – 25 years ago ... 1975 – 50 years ago. A member of the MinnesotaPollutionControlAgency has told state legislators they would be “creating more problems than you’d solve” by enacting a law to abolish non-returnable containers ... .
SEATTLE (WasteAdvantage). HF1040, a bill sponsored by Rep ... It would prohibit the retail sale of such infrastructure in Minnesota unless the producer is participating in a stewardship plan approved by the Minnesota PollutionControlAgency.
The state’s recycling rate has plateaued “despite ambitious goals and state financial support of local programs,” said John Gilkeson, principal planner for the MinnesotaPollutionControlAgency (MPCA) ...EPR in Minnesota is still a few years away.
In addition, lead gifts have also been contributed by the MinnesotaPollutionControlAgency, St ... 70,000 food-insecure children, seniors and adults throughout 15 counties in Northeast Minnesota (St.