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Minn. updating rules to fight BWCA, Voyageurs haze

...Agency in 2009 don't go far enough. Mining companies including United States Steel Corp. say they go too far. The MPCA Citizens Board is due to vote Tuesday on whether to submit the proposed changes to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-03-25/minn-updating-rules-fight-bwca-voyag
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Public comment period is open on Nisswa wastewater project

...into large subsurface drainfields. Interested parties may submit a petition to the PCA commissioner requesting the MPCA Citizen's Board consider the permit issuance. Comments, petitions and requests must be submitted in writing on or before...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-05-18/public-comment-period-open-nisswa-wa
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Pawlenty's PCA pick may have conflict of interest

...role. She did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment Wednesday. Studders, who made her comment at a MPCA citizens' board meeting, was an executive with Minnegasco and had to recuse herself from dealing with a certain type of water-quality...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/121802/sne_1218020022.html
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MPCA board wants hearing on East Gull Lake sewer extension project

...wastewater committee chairman, said the MPCA Citizen's Board wants to take a look...residents from the area approached the MPCA Citizen's Board. East Gull Lake Mayor...until the city finds out what the MPCA Citizen's Board has to say on the matter...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/061703/new_0617030008.html
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Lessons learned

...talk about need and cost efficiency. She said the permit document does not incorporate either and both staff and the MPCA Citizen's Board were confused. Corrigan said the citizen's board took "trips to Abilene" going down roads that were not...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/021204/new_0212040017.shtml
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More toxicity tests planned for facility

...cleaners, paper coatings and some shampoos. Until the perfluorooctane sulfonate problem is resolved, a decision by the MPCA Citizens' Board on whether to approve a permit for Brainerd's wastewater treatment plant expansion has been postponed. If...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/072507/new_20070725041.shtml
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State may face landfill crisis

...education campaign and a task force that would recommend ways to reduce garbage. The report, which was presented to the MPCA citizens board, indicates that Minnesota recycles about 46 percent of its trash -- about twice the national average -- but...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/012600/new_0126000002.shtml
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Upset crowd

...feedback from farmers. Once he makes his decision on whether the changes are proper , the plan will be voted upon by the MPCA citizen's board and reviewed by the Legislature and the governor.

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/020100/new_0201000019.shtml
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Fillmore County group sues MPCA over planned dairy farm

...farm proposal, which would include a 7-million-gallon manure basin in an environmentally sensitive region. The MPCA Citizens Board voted last month not to require an environmental impact statement before the Reiland family expands its dairy...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/060600/new_0606000009.shtml
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Public invited to have say on East Gull Lake wastewater plans

...reasons regarding the threshold for granting a contested case hearing. A petition also may be made to request the MPCA Citizens' Board to consider the permit. If no written comments or petitions are made by May 2, the MPCA will make its final...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/041003/new_0410030004.html
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