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Federal regulator steps in to protect Minnesota s wild rice stands

Federal regulator steps in to protect Minnesota s wild rice stands The MPCA says it is caught between state and federal law.  April 29, 2021 6:47pm Text size Copy shortlink: Wild rice waters contaminated with sulfate from industrial pollution have never been included on Minnesota s long list of officially polluted waters that require fixing. But they will be now 30 of them across the state thanks to federal regulators who stepped in to say the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) was breaking federal law by not listing them as impaired. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week sent the MCPA a list of 30 wild rice waters that don t meet the state s water quality standard for sulfate, and said it plans to add them to Minnesota s roster of impaired waters. It could add more in the future, the EPA said.

Score one for wild rice

Score one for wild rice The EPA directs Minnesota to consider wild rice when listing impaired waters Author: Apr 18, 2021 The EPA directs Minnesota to consider wild rice when listing impaired waters The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disapproved Minnesota’s long-standing practice of excluding waterways used for the production of wild rice in the state’s listing of impaired waters under the Clean Water Act. In a March 2021 letter to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, EPA leaders partially approved Minnesota’s listing of impaired waters. But the state’s decision to exclude waterways with high levels of sulfate, deadly to wild rice, violates the Clean Water Act, according to the federal agency.

Judge approves MPCA changes to water quality standards

Judge approves MPCA changes to water quality standards The revisions target nearly a dozen pollutants chloride, salts, sulfate, nitrate and more in surface water used for industry and agriculture, and for wildlife.   April 9, 2021 6:53pm Text size Copy shortlink: A state judge has approved controversial changes to the water quality standards protecting nearly every lake, stream and wetland across Minnesota. The revisions by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) target nearly a dozen pollutants chloride, salts, sulfate, nitrate and more in surface water used for industry and agriculture, and for wildlife. All waters in the state are protected for such uses.

Northland Foundation hires program officer, names members of new program board

Northland Foundation hires program officer, names members of new program board
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