Outreach, education and providing clean water to vulnerable populations are at the core of a Minnesota work plan to address elevated nitrate levels in the southeastern part of the state, with a look at agricultural practices part of a longer-term response.
The conditional use permit for Tepetonka Club's destination golf course in Lake Andrew Township will now go to the Kandiyohi County Board for final approval. The permit will have 27 conditions attached to it, about half coming from the township.
The EPA's letter to MDH, MDA and the MPCA comes after more than 10 environmental advocacy organizations requested that the agency exercise its emergency powers under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
The NorthMet nonferrous minerals mining proposal suffered a setback Aug. 2 when the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled a previous Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permitting decision was “arbitrary and capricious,” ordering