Tag: MPCA
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MPCA Releases Draft 2023 Construction Stormwater General Permit
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) released its draft 2023 Construction Stormwater General Permit (General Permit) this week. The General Permit outlines erosion control requirements on construction sites one acre or larger throughout the state. The current General Permit expires on July 31, 2023, and the final 2023 General Permit will go into effect on Aug. 1. […] Read More
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Energy Code review, 2023 National Electrical Code, water quality fees
On Aug. 23, Administrative Law Judge Eric Lipman held a virtual hearing on the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) review of the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). At this hearing and over the next several weeks, stakeholders weighed in on this review and whether to open Minnesota’s residential energy code for rulemaking. Back in […] Read More
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Work underway on 2023 construction stormwater permit; Electrical Code adoption; Board of Plumbing and Electricity back in person; Energy Code review coming
2023 construction stormwater permit update The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has begun working on the state’s 2023 construction stormwater permit. Minnesota’s construction stormwater permit is adopted every five years and must conform to the EPA’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System specifications. MPCA staff are meeting with stakeholders and reviewing how to best work federal […] Read More
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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency releases video on common plan of development
This Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) released a video to educate homebuilders and developers on proper management of projects under the common plan of development rubric. Since March 2003, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has required all construction projects disturbing over one acre of land to obtain an NPDES/SDS stormwater permit. In addition, owners or […] Read More
