POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Title:Records.
Dates:1968-1978.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Minutes, reports, printed materials, hearings, subject files, studies, background materials, and related records.
Quantity:21.0 cubic feet (21 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Arranged by year, then by topic within each year. A few files are out of chronological sequence.


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Access Restrictions:

Some files contain data that is confidential under Minn. Stat. 116.075; access is governed by State Archives guidelines.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 979-5; 982-148

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017039120104294

Appraisal Information:

Minnesota Historical Society staff have not fully examined, appraised, or organized these files.


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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107.H.13.3B11970-1971 Files:
Solid Waste Booklets, 1970.
Citizens League Reports, 1971.
Crystal Waters Program, 1971.
Madison Lake, 1971.
Citizens Group Correspondence, 1971.
Hearing on WPC-33, 1971.
Hearing on Amendments to APC 8, 9, 11, 12, 1971.
Water Quality Sampling Program, 1971.
Governor Anderson’s Special Message, 1971.
Minutes, 1975-1977. 8 folders.
[Note that these files are out of place.]
Burlington Northern Inc., 1971.
Interconnection of Winona and Goodview Sewers, 1971.
Citizens Lawsuit Bills and Proposed Legislation, 1971.
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107.H.13.4F21970-1972 Files:
Program for Preserving the Quality of Lake Minnetonka, 1971.
Brooklyn Park Sewage Overflow, 1971.
EPA Air Quality Criteria for Nitrogen Oxides, 1971.
Automobile Pollution, 1971.
Fiscal 1972 PCA Application for Federal Grants.
Acts Passed by Legislature, 1971.
Abandoned Cars, 1971.
MACI Water Pollution and Air Pollution Regulation Handbook, 1970-1972.
Progress Report, Biennial Program and Long Range Plan for Water Pollution Control, 1970.
Association of Commerce and Industry, approximately 1971.
Minnesota Mining Chemolite Plant, 1971.
Federal Listing of Toxic Substances, 1970.
Hopkins Land Bill, 1971.
Speeches, Papers and Articles, 1971.
Water Waste Inventory and Reports, 1971.
Information Items, 1971.
1968-1972 Files:
Environmental Health Plans, 1971.
FWQA Combined Sewer Temporary Underwater Storage Sewer Facility, 1970.
Delegation of Air Quality Enforcement Powers to Counties in the Metro Area, 1971.
FWQA Municipal Waste Facilities 1968 Statistics.
FWQA – A Practical Guide to Water Quality Studies of Streams, 1969.
MPCA Personnel Identification, 1971.
Urban Corps Energy Report, 1971.
American Pipe Services, 1971.
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, 1971.
Waste Water Disposal Facilities Inventory, 1971-1972.
EPA Reports to Congress, 1971.
Regulations, Permits and Certification Procedures, 1971.
Watermation, Inc., 1971.
Air Pollution Data, 1971.
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107.H.13.5B31971-1972 Files:
Taylors Falls Sewage Disposal, 1971.
Speeches by Grant Merritt, 1971.
Metro Sewer Board, 1971.
Alexandria Lakes Area Sanitary District, 1971.
Proposed WPC-34 State Water Pollution Control Fund, 1972.
EPA Books re: Infiltration and Combined Sewer Overflows, 1971.
Federal Sewage Disposal Grants, 1971.
Special Studies Appropriations, 1971.
Stillwater, 1971.
MPCA Notices of Application, 1971. 5 folders.
Air Quality Implementation MACI, 1971.
Vehicle Emissions, 1972.
Oil Refineries, 1972.
Technical Information and Printed Material.
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107.H.13.6F4Statement and Exhibits, 1972.
Reserve Mining. 10 folders.
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107.H.13.7B5Reserve Mining Printed Material.
3M Chemolite Plant, 1972 Variance.
Abandoned Motor Vehicles, 1972.
Public Relations Folder Summarizing Solid Waste Program, 1972.
Pollution by Sodium Chloride, 1972.
Federal Publications: Ecological Effects of Pesticides on Non-Target Species, 1972.
EPA, Ultrathin Membranes for Treating Metal Finishing Effluents by Reverse Osmosis, 1971.
Manufacturing Chemists Association State Legislation Reports, 1972.
Spray Irrigation, 1972.
Noise Pollution, 1972.
Control Data Meteorology Research Department, 1972.
Annual Activities by Division, 1972.
Legislative Hearings, 1972.
Metro Air Pollution Control Commission, 1972.
Duluth Conference re: Pollution of Lake Superior and its Tributary Basin, 1971.
Water and Waste Water Operator Board of Certification Rules, 1972.
Solid Waste Technology, 1972.
State Planning Agency, 1972.
Solid Waste Management Training Booklet, 1972.
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107.H.13.8F61972 Files:
Fish Kills, 1972.
Real Estate Lakes, 1972.
Urban Soil Erosion and Sediment Control, 1972.
International Materials from Israel, 1972.
Conversion of Crankcase Waste Oil into Useful Products, 1972.
MPIRG – Iowa Beef – G. Robert Johnson, 1972.
Compressed Natural Gas etc. as Automobile Fuel, 1972.
Pine Bend Groundwater, 1972.
RESTRICTED.
NSP Sherburne Plant, 1972. 2 folders and 5 volumes.
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107.H.13.9B7Bulk 1972 Files:
Statewide Standards for Thermal Effluents, 1972.
Report on Solid Waste Management/Recycling Options, 1972.
Managing Our Environment – USDA, 1972.
Winona BOD Variance, 1972.
District Directors, 1972.
Miscellaneous EPA Booklets, 1972.
Worthington Gas Turbine Generator/New Ulm, 1972.
Effluent or Permit Charges, 1972.
Legislature, 1973.
Monticello Off-Gas Problem, 1972.
NSP/Monticello Telemetry Committee, 1972.
NSP/Monticello Annual Report, Environmental Monitoring and Ecological Studies Program, 1970.
NSP General, 1971. 2 folders.
NSP Blue Lake Generator, Scott County, 1972.
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107.H.13.10F81971-1975 Files (Bulk 1972-1973):
NSP/Environmental Monitoring and Ecological Studies Program, 1971.
NSP/Allen S. King Plant, 1971.
Hennepin Paper Company, 1972. 2 folders.
Northwest Paper Company, General, 1971-1972.
Northwest Paper Company, re: Bio-Disks, 1972.
Review of Priorities and Objectives, 1971.
Staff Report to Legislature on Recycling and Solid Waste Management, 1973.
Progress Report, Program and Long Range Plan, 1973.
Carlson Summary.
Low Level Radiation Study, 1973.
12/72 Experimental City, 1973.
PCA Budget, 1974-1975.
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107.H.14.1B91973 Files:
Proposed WPC-22, Groundwater, 1973.
Nuclear Moratorium, 1973.
Noise Report, 1973.
12/72 Summary Report on Citizen’s Advisory Committee to EQC, 1973.
Ban the Can, 1973.
Cherne Industrial Inc., 1973.
The President’s 1971 Environmental Program: Towards More Rational Use of the Land and Energy Problems.
Hearing on Redwood Falls Generating Unit, 1973.
Metro Sewer Board Report, 1969-1972.
Vic Manufacturing Company, 1973.
American Hoist and Derrick Company, 1973.
Minnesota Law Review, re: PCA, 1973.
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Amendments of 1972.
Proposed Revisions to SW1, SW6, SW12, 1973.
Proposed WPC-38, re: Temperature Standards, 1973.
LEAP Project Reports, 1973.
Governor Anderson’s Special Report, 1973.
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107.H.14.2F10Clay County Sanitary Land Fill, 1973.
WPC-35 re: Standards for Temperature Effluents Discharged into State Waters, 1973.
Pollution Control Tax Status and Guidelines, 1973.
Installation of Gas Turbine Generator, Rochester, 1973.
Proposed Revision to WPC-23, 1973.
WPC-24, 1973.
Proposed WPC-25, re: Classification of Interstate Waters, 1973.
Environmental Quality Control Council, 1973.
NPDES Permits, 1973. 2 folders.
Lyon County Feedlots – Dr. Bosley, 1973.
APC-17: Asbestos Regulations, 1973.
Springfield Farmers Elevator Company, Variance, 1973.
WPC-35, 1973.
Metropolitan Development Guide (printed).
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107.H.14.3B11WPC 24, 37, 38, 14, 15, 23, 25, 1973.
Implementation Plan to Achieve Carbon Monoxide Ambient Air Quality Standards, 1973.
Hazardous Spill Manual, 1973.
The Realities of Recycling, 1973.
Hibbing Taconite Company, 1973.
Proposed Revision to WPC-15, 1973.
Letters Opposing Pig’s Eye Coal Terminal, 1975.
Pig’s Eye Coal Terminal, 1973.
Industrial Waste Disposal Facilities Inventory, 1973.
Rules of Procedure/PCA, 1973.
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107.H.14.4F121972-1974 Files:
Proposed Revision to WPC-14, 1973.
Rainy River Water Pollution Board, 1973.
International Red River Pollution Control Board, 1973.
Rules of Procedure, 1973.
WPC-36, 1973.
Status Report on Achieving Biennial Objectives, 1973.
Segment List, Municipal Discharge Inventory, Municipal Needs List, and Fiscal 1973 Project List per WPC-34.
Citizens League Consultant Committee, 1973.
NSP Motion re: Prairie Island Fuel Oil Savings, 1973.
Citizens League Report, “Growth Without Sprawl,” 1973.
Hazardous Waste Generation Report, 1973.
PCA Legislation Committee, 1972.
Meeting with Legislators, 1973.
PCA Legislative Committee, 1973.
Amendments to APC-2 and APC-3, re: Complex Sources, 1973.
Energy Conservation, 1972.
Energy Conservation, 1973-1974.
MPCA Board Reports, 1973.
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107.H.14.5B131973-1974 Files:
Watermation Report on Automatic Effluent Monitoring, 1974.
Hibbing Taconite Company, 1974.
Federal Statutes and Regulations, 1974.
Air Quality Maintenance Plans, 1974.
Noise Pollution Control Regulations, 1974.
U.S. Steel, Duluth, 1974.
“Water Quality in Minneapolis Lakes,” 1974.
“Animal Wastes,” 1974.
“The Economics of Clean Water,” 1973.
Christmas Lake, 1974.
NSP/Henderson, 1974.
Groundwater Regulation re: Septic Tanks, 1973.
Segment Plans (printed), 1974. 4 folders.
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107.H.14.6F141974 Files:
Segment Plans, 1974. 4 folders and 9 volumes.
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, 1974.
Priorities and Objectives, 1974.
State NPDES Program, 1974.
Division of Water Quality Program Plan FY 1975.
Proposed Reclassification of Kettle River, 1974.
Lakehead Pipeline Company, 1974.
Energy Agency, 1974.
APC-19, 1974.
Transportation Advisory Board, 1974.
Copper Nickel, 1974.
Indirect Sources, 1974.
Mississippi River – Nine-Foot Channel, 1974.
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107.H.14.7B15Legislative Committees, 1974.
Legislative Committee, Metro Area Air Quality, 1974.
Legislative Committee, Energy Conservation, 1974.
Legislative Committee, Environmental Rights for Labor, 1974.
Legislative Committee, Nuclear Moratorium, 1974.
Legislative Permit Fees, 1974.
Budget/Legislature, 1974.
Legislative Committee, 1975.
Legislative Committee, Container Deposits, 1974.
Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Company, 1974.
Municipal Stormwater Treatment Needs, 1974.
Minnesota Water and Related Land Resources, 1974.
ABA Report – Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1974.
NPDES Permit Hearings, 1974.
Stabilization Pond Schools Report, 1974.
Guide for Demonstrations for Thermal Discharge, 1974.
Lake Minnetonka Conference Report, 1974.
APC-8 Open Burning, 1974.
Progress Report and Long Range Plan for MPCA, 1974.
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107.H.14.8F161975 Files:
Damming the Solid Waste Stream, 1975.
EPA National Study Reports, 1975.
Toxic and Hazardous Waste Land Disposal Demonstration Grant Application, 1975.
Waste Load Allocation on Mississippi River, 1975.
Loan Application Studies – General, 1975.
EPA Regulations on Prevention of Significant Air Quality Deterioration, 1975.
Metropolitan Map of Solid Waste Sites, 1975.
Citizens League Solid Waste Committee, 1975.
Phosphorus Study Report, 1974.
A Policy Analysis for Recycling Municipal Solid Waste in Minnesota, 1975.
Minnesota Guide for Biological Demonstrations under 316(a) and (b) of WPC-36/Thermal, 1975.
Air Management Committee re: Air Pollution Control Regulations, 1975.
Minnesota Air Quality Report, 1975.
Data Submitted Pursuant to Part II of Disposal System, Permit No. MNC 047333.
APC Amendments, 1975.
Metropolitan Sewer Board Statement re: Recycling Solid Waste, 1975.
Fergus Falls Thermal Standard Variance, 1975.
PCB’s, 1975.
Water Pollution Control Program Plan, FY 1976.
Minnesota Water Quality Inventory, 1975.
Rules of Office of Hearing Examiners, 1975.
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107.H.14.9B171975-1977 Files:
“The Audible Landscape: A Manual for Highway Noise and Land Use,” 1976.
Minnegasco Peat Development, 1975.
MPCA History and Projected Future, 1975.
Annual Report of Great Lakes Water Quality Board, 1975.
Oak Grove Sanitary Land Fill, 1976.
PCB Bill, 1976.
Legislature, 1976.
Metropolitan Airport Commission, 1977.
Metropolitan Airport Commission – Summary Report, 1976.
Hennepin Paper Company, 1977.
PCA Budget, 1977.
WPC-38, PCB, 1977.
NSP Environmental Report, Sherburne County Plant, 1971.
Report re: Port Authority of the City of St. Paul Application for Permits for Construction of Coal Wharf, 1974.
Minnesota Air Quality, 1971-1976.
Environmental Impact Statement, NSP Proposed Units 3 and 4 – Sherco Steam Electric Station, 1977.
Minnesota PCA 1967-1976 and the Future, A Report to the Citizens of Minnesota, 1976.
Public Health and Safety Effects of High Voltage Overhead Transmission Lines, 1977.
Future Electrical Energy Resource Demands Pilot Study, 1976.
Northern Great Plains Coal Conflicts and Options in Decision Making, 1976.
Minnesota Lake Superior Near Shorewater Quality Study, 1976.
Preliminary Environmental Impact Statement, Reserve Mining Company, Silver Bay, Minnesota, 1977.
[Boxes 18-19 were added to PCA minutes and agenda packets].
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107.H.14.10F20Plans and Progress Reports:
Progress Report on Air Quality in Minnesota, July 1970-July 1972.
(A-I)
Proposed Biennial Program for Air Quality in Minnesota, FY 1974-1975.
(A-II)
Long Range Plan for Air Quality in Minnesota, FY 1974-1978.
(A-III).
Progress Report on Solid Waste Management in Minnesota, July 1970-July 1972.
(S-I)
Proposed Biennial Program for Solid Waste Management in Minnesota, FY 1974-1975.
(S-II)
Long Range Plan for Solid Waste Management in Minnesota, FY 1974-1978.
(S-III)
Progress Report on Water Quality in Minnesota, July 1970-July 1972.
(W-I)
Proposed Biennial Program for Water Quality in Minnesota, FY 1974-1975.
(W-II)
Long Range Plan for Water Quality in Minnesota, FY 1974-1978.
(W-III).
[Boxes 21-23 were added to PCA minutes and agenda packets].
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115.I.7.14F24Reserve Mining Company Information. 0.75 cubic feet.
1974 Files:
(Processing note: Interfile with boxes 14-16).
St. Louis Park: Creosote.
1974 Legislative Committee: Septic Tanks.
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115.I.8.1B25AMAX Exploration, Inc.
WLSSO Contract with Engineers.
Metropolitan Sewer Bypasses, 1975-1976.
1975 Files:
(Processing note: Interfile with boxes 16-17).
Freon and Ozone in Stratosphere.
Nicholson Report on Amphibole Emissions.
Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP).
Brochure.
Air Quality Implementation Plan, 1971:
Plan and Summary. 3 volumes.
Notice and Proposed APCs.
MPIRG (Comments), 1972.
Comments by Environmental Groups other than MPIRG, 1971-1972.
[Miscellaneous Comments].
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115.I.8.2F261976-1978 Files:
(Processing note: Interfile with box 17).
Continuing Planning Process, 1976.
Hazardous Waste Regulations, 1976.
1978 Legislature, 1977.
1977 Legislature, 1977.
Joint Meeting with Wisconsin DNR, 1977.
PCA Legislation, 1977.
Nuclear Power, 1977.
Lock and Dam 26, Alton, 1977.
Municipal Funding and Enforcement Alternatives, 1977.
Briefing by MPCA for Minnesota Congressional Delegation, 1978.
Packaging Regulations, 1978.
Coal Transshipment Facilities, Twin Cities, 1978.
Uranium Mining, 1978.
Clean Air Amendments, 1978.
Bemidji, 1978.
Clean Water Act, 1977, 1978.
WPC34, 1978.
Groundwater, 1978.

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Topics:
Pollution -- Minnesota.
Functions:
Regulating.

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