Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
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Oct 15, 2026
Gary YackoHOST
It's designed at the most for 50 years.
Gary YackoHOST
And, uh, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says, "Sorry, you gotta get a new one." It's gonna be the one the city council has, uh, the different levels, they decided on the one at $142 million.
Gary YackoHOST
Now, there were, there was some less expensive, but that would be a mandate.
Gary YackoHOST
It would last maybe five years-
Logan BreuerHOST
Just out of the price range.
Gary YackoHOST
Yeah, for what it provides, what's this and that.
Gary YackoHOST
The backstory is that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the federal government, they set the standards on what we, whether it's nitrates or it's PFAS, that can go back in the river.
Logan BreuerHOST
Mm-hmm.
Craig GaasvigGUEST
The state legislature and the governor's office have a potential to change dramatically this year.
Craig GaasvigGUEST
And if that change brings in people that will appoint new directors in all the different commissioner roles with regard to state offices that are imposing some of these mandates, whether it's the MPCA for our solid waste, that's a huge deal.
Craig GaasvigGUEST
Saying that we have to shut down our demolition landfill system When we could have another 10 years of space there, that's just killing us.
Craig GaasvigGUEST
You know, that would be upwards of $9 million.
CamilleAUDIENCE
I've had the great privilege to, uh, design children's play environments for about 25 years.
CamilleAUDIENCE
And, um, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency came to us, Fireflies Play Environments, to design a play environment at the State Fair Nature Ad- Adventure Play Yard to specifically show parents how easy it is to do this at home.
CamilleAUDIENCE
So we have a huge sand and water play area, huge sand kitchen, three water features, fort building And this playground is at capacity every year at the state fair, and the whole intention was to show parents how easy this is to get kids off the devices at home.
Angela DavisHOST
Well, that's good to hear.
Chloe Rios WyattSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Minnesota has a law that requires all electricity generated here to be carbon-free by 2040.
Chloe Rios WyattSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Frank Kolash, an assistant commissioner with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, says that mandate will protect the state, but Minnesota will still import energy from areas without such laws.
Suzanne PotterCORRESPONDENT
While we can control what we generate within our borders, we do rely on other states and the federal government to take appropriate action.
Chloe Rios WyattSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Also, some local utilities want to build new natural gas plants ahead of 2040 to meet growing electricity demand.
Mike MoenCORRESPONDENT
Minnesota has a law that requires all electricity generated here to be carbon-free by 2040.
Mike MoenCORRESPONDENT
Frank Kolash, an assistant commissioner with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, says that mandate will protect the state, but Minnesota will still import energy from areas without such laws.
Frank KolashSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
While we can control what we generate within our borders, we do rely on other states and the federal government to take appropriate action.
Mike MoenCORRESPONDENT
Also, some local utilities want to build new natural gas plants ahead of 2040 to meet growing electricity demand.
Steve GreenGUEST
I'm hoping that we can get a governor that's going to replace our commissioners because the commissioners are doing us a lot of damage in Minnesota, and most people don't understand that.
Steve GreenGUEST
The commissioners of the agencies in our area, because I serve on the Environmental Committee, I'll go with the commissioner of MPCA, DNR, Bowser.
Steve GreenGUEST
Bowser's not really a commissioner, but those are the issues that affect us.
Steve GreenGUEST
And those commissioners have brought an ideology into those agencies as well as the HHS and whatever else you want to talk about.
Steve GreenGUEST
The same with your county.
Steve GreenGUEST
You know, right now the big issue, one of the big issues in the county is your solid waste.
Steve GreenGUEST
Now we've got solid waste places to haul our stuff, sites, and the MPCA now, for instance, has said we're not going to let you use those anymore because we don't think they pass our new regulations anymore.
Steve GreenGUEST
So now the counties are faced with, well, it's going to be billions of dollars to try to figure out what to do with the solid waste when we have perfectly good sites.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
What I can tell you is, regardless of all the comments that were read out there about public officials, including Governor Tim Walz and his team, and several others at the time, including Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Sarah Strauman, since 2024, we have completely rebuilt all of those relationships, Broking said.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
We have a great relationship with the state of Minnesota across the board, including the governor's office, the DNR, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, communities.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
The state incentive package that the IEDA could offer Massavi Metallics would be the largest in state history, state leaders say.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
They call the plant steel plant the biggest project of its kind in Iowa history.
Rick SmithHOST
Now, the weird thing is, the weird thing is, I think it was the economist Jeffrey Sachs said, you know, basically, you know, Trump contradicts himself in every sentence.
Rick SmithHOST
So you have the CEO of Masabi who said, we have greatly appreciated the support of Governor Walz and the work of the DNR and the MPCA to successfully permit the first new iron mine in Minnesota in 50 years.
Rick SmithHOST
But, you know, again, Trump said it's the worst run state.
Rick SmithHOST
So I it just was it was an interesting moment.
Terry HylandHOST
Now, as many listeners might know, companies had until September 15th to submit reports on certain PFAS-containing products sold in the state.
Terry HylandHOST
And Minnesota's Pollution Control Agency has started publishing information from those reports.
Terry HylandHOST
Initially, the agency published information on some 18,500 product reports.
Terry HylandHOST
But it said that that is just a small fraction, maybe roughly 10% of the total number of reports it received.
Karen ClarkSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
toxic contaminants that come out of those two industries.
Karen ClarkSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And over the years, they've had permits from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Karen ClarkSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They are actually 20 years now without a permit, if you can believe that, without an updated permit, and they're in the process, supposedly, of fixing that.
Karen ClarkSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But they just decided, let's take the situation into our own hands, put together some ideas, and what came out of it was the concept of reusing, converting that incredible building into an indoor urban farm, Part of it was going to be put into aquaponics, both low-tech aquaponics and then built alongside it some high-tech aquaponics, all done with the idea of preserving the environment.
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