POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY: WATER QUALITY DIVISION:
An Inventory of Its Hearing Files at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Division of Water Quality. | |
| Title: | Hearing Files. | |
| Dates: | 1946-1975. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Transcripts, accompanied by exhibits, legal briefs, and related materials, of hearings conducted on water pollution issues by the Water Pollution Control Commission and its successor (after 1967), the Pollution Control Agency. | |
| Quantity: | 7.75 cubic feet (8 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The records concern both the establishment of regulations and investigations into specific permit applications or possible pollution violations. Topics covered include river pollution, sewage treatment, industrial use of river water, standards of water quality and purity in both state and interstate waters, and discharge of residential/commercial, industrial, radioactive, and thermal waste into the state's rivers.
ARRANGEMENT
In two subseries: one set (1946-1973, boxes 1-5) arranged alphabetically by location; one set (1946-1975, boxes 5-8), microfilmed by the agency, that is arranged by microfiche number. This series includes the originals only, not the microfiche.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Division of Water Quality. Hearing Files. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 990-15
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017169770104294
Appraisal Information:
Although available on microfiche in the agency, the materials in boxes 5-8 were retained in the originals because the quality of the microfiche has not been evaluated and because the lack of order of the materials may compromise the usability of the fiche.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 126.B.17.5B | 1 | Albert Lea: Pollution of Albert Lea Lake and Shell Rock River, 1951-1952: | |||||||||
| Volume I. Transcripts, March 6th and 11th, 1952. | |||||||||||
| Volume II. Transcripts, March 27-28, 1952. | |||||||||||
| Volume III. Transcripts, April 17-18, 1952. | |||||||||||
| State's exhibits. | |||||||||||
| City's exhibits, Company's exhibits, People's exhibits. | |||||||||||
| Legal papers. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Briefs, motions, orders, findings of fact, etc. | |||||||||||
| Bloomington, Eagan, and Burnsville: for variance from Regulation WPC-6, to permit discharge of an effluent from joint sewage treatment plant into the Mississippi River: Transcripts, February 28-29, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Detroit Lakes: for variance from effluent quality standards, Regulations WPC-14 and WPC-23: Transcripts, September 8, 1971. | |||||||||||
| Goodhue County: Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Northern States Power Company, application for waste disposal permit: | |||||||||||
| Transcript, September 22, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Transcripts, September 23-24, 1969 and January 12, 1970. | |||||||||||
| Goodview, Village of and the City of Winona: enforcement of Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 115 and 116 and PCA water and effluent standards: | |||||||||||
| Transcripts, October 27, 1971. | |||||||||||
| Morning and afternoon. | |||||||||||
| Transcripts, October 27, 1971, and March 13, 1972. | |||||||||||
| October 27, 1971 evening. | |||||||||||
| Lake Superior: Establishment of standards of water quality and purity for its open waters, proposed Regulation WPC-33: Transcripts, February 17 and April 19, 1971. | |||||||||||
| Little Falls: Permit for certain sewer extensions: Transcripts, October 14 and November 5, 1952. | |||||||||||
| Mississippi River: Its condition from Hastings Dam to St. Paul High Bridge and sources of pollution and uses of river which might be affected: Transcript, June 11, 1956. | |||||||||||
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| 126.B.17.6F | 2 | Mississippi River: Its condition from Anoka to Inver Grove: Reports and memorandums, June 1956-October 1960. | |||||||||
| Mississippi River: Relating to sewage problems, etc. in Metro area: | |||||||||||
| Transcript, October 20, 1960. | |||||||||||
| Exhibits, statements, related material, approximately 1960. | |||||||||||
| Mississippi River: North Suburban Sanitary Sewer District v Frank H. Krusen, et al., 1962: | |||||||||||
| Depositions of Dr. Robert N. Barr, Clarence Johannes, and Lyle H. Smith, November 13, 1962. | |||||||||||
| Deposition of Frank L. Woodward, November 26, 1962. | |||||||||||
| Legal briefs, motions, statements, etc., 1962. | |||||||||||
| Exhibits, 1962. | |||||||||||
| Classification and standard preliminary drafts, December 1962. | |||||||||||
| Mississippi River: Between Rum River and mouth of the St. Croix River: North Suburban Sanitary Sewer District, City of Coon Rapids, et al. v Water Pollution Control Commission: | |||||||||||
| Depositions of Bernard R. Jones, Clarence G. Sprague, and Walter W. Thorpe, December 12, 1964. | |||||||||||
| Depositions of Gordon E. Bodien, Kerwin L. Mick, and Lyle H. Smith, December 14, 1964. | |||||||||||
| Trial memorandum of appellants, July 31, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Reply memorandum of appellants, December 18, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Respondent's memorandum, parts I and II, approximately 1965. | |||||||||||
| Exhibits, approximately 1965. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Monticello Nuclear Plant: Petitions against granting permit to dump radioactive wastes into the Mississippi River: Petitions, 1969. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 126.B.17.7B | 3 | Moorhead: Permit for American Crystal Sugar Company to appropriate waters of the Red River of the North for a processing plant: Transcript, April 1946. | |||||||||
| Oak Park Heights: Northern States Power Company, application to appropriate water from the St. Croix River for use in cooling condensers in an electric generating plant: | |||||||||||
| Transcript, January 15, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Transcript, January 18, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Transcript, February 15, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Transcript, February 16, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Transcript, February 17, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Transcript, March 1, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Transcript, March 2, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Transcript, March 26, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Petitions against plant, August 21, 1964. | |||||||||||
| Petitions against plant, January 1965. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Save the St. Croix, Inc. exhibits. | |||||||||||
| Northern States Power Company exhibits. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 126.B.17.8F | 4 | Water Pollution Control Commission exhibits. | |||||||||
| Proponent exhibits, A-Z, AA-WW. | |||||||||||
| Department of Conservation exhibits. | |||||||||||
| Wisconsin exhibits. | |||||||||||
| Legal papers (briefs, orders, findings of fact, etc.). | |||||||||||
| Power Plants: Establishment of statewide standards for control of thermal effluents: | |||||||||||
| Transcript, August 30, 1972. | |||||||||||
| Transcript, August 31, 1972. | |||||||||||
| Transcript, November 30, 1972. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Transcripts, December 1, 1972 and April 9, 1973. | |||||||||||
| Rainy River: Pollution near International Falls: Transcript, December 9, 1954. | |||||||||||
| Sherburne County: Northern States Power Company, application for waste disposal permits for coal-fired electric generating plant: Transcript, May 1, 1972. | |||||||||||
| Silver Bay: Reserve Mining Company, amendment of permit to discharge wastes into Lake Superior: | |||||||||||
| Transcript, September 25, 1956. | |||||||||||
| Transcript, July 13, 1960. | |||||||||||
| St. Croix River: Alleged pollution of the St. Croix and its tributaries in Burnett, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix, Sawyer, and Washburne counties, Wisconsin: Transcript, November 16, 1954. | |||||||||||
| St. Louis County, Grand Lake Resort, Grand Lake Township: Permit for construction and operation of sewage disposal system: Transcript, December 16, 1971. | |||||||||||
| St. Paul Park: Wright Products, Inc., permit for disposal of industrial waste and sewage: Transcript, December 11, 1958. 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| Wells, Village of: Proposed sewage stabilization pond: Transcripts, April 1st and 7th, 1959. | |||||||||||
| Wrenshall: International Refineries, Inc., permit to discharge wastes from proposed oil refinery into a surface water tributary of the St. Louis River: | |||||||||||
| Transcript, January 22, 1953. | |||||||||||
| Transcript, January 23, 1953. | |||||||||||
| Exhibits, approximately 1953. | |||||||||||
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| 126.B.17.9B | 5 | Exhibits, approximately 1953. | |||||||||
| WPC-15: Proposed amendments to Agency Regulation WPC-15 relating to criteria for classification of interstate waters and establishment of standards of water quality and purity: Transcript, May 22, 1973. | |||||||||||
| WPC-14, WPC-23, WPC-15: Amendments to standards for interstate waters: Transcripts, May 31, 1973. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Michrofiche Files (transcripts, legal briefs, etc.). 1 envelope per case: | |||||||||||
| Liquid storage regulations WPC-4, April 15, 1964. | |||||||||||
| Fiche numbers 1-6. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota River and tributaries from Carver Rapids to the mouth, water quality standards WPC-5, 6, 7, 8, 9, October 19, 1964 and November 13, 1964. | |||||||||||
| Fiche numbers 7-14. | |||||||||||
| Establishment of future water use classifications and standards of water quality and purity of all waters in the state, WPC-14, January-March 1966. | |||||||||||
| Fiche numbers 15-33. | |||||||||||
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| 126.B.17.10F | 6 | Establishment of water use classifications and standards of water quality and purity for the Red River of the North and its major tributaries, WPC-10, May 4, 1966. | |||||||||
| Fiche numbers 34-43. | |||||||||||
| Establishment of water use classifications and standards of water quality and purity for Nemadji River and tributaries, Carlton and Pine counties, WPC-16 and WPC-17, November 17, 1965. | |||||||||||
| Fiche numbers 44-48. | |||||||||||
| Establishment of water quality and purity standards and water use classifications for the Rainy River, Koochiching and Lake of the Woods counties, WPC-11, 12, and 13, August 11, 1966. | |||||||||||
| Fiche numbers 49-53. | |||||||||||
| Reclassification of portion of the Kettle River in Carlton and Pine counties, WPC-24, May 13, 1974. | |||||||||||
| Fiche numbers 54-62. | |||||||||||
| Effluent standards for discharge of waste water into the Vermillion River, Dakota County, WPC-41, March 26, 1975. | |||||||||||
| Fiche numbers 63-66. | |||||||||||
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| 126.B.17.11B | 7 | Establishment of water classification and standards of water and effluent quality and purity. Proposed regulation WPC-23, November 1968. | |||||||||
| Fiche numbers 67-83. | |||||||||||
| Establishment of water quality and purity standards for interstate waters of Minnesota, WPC-15. April 20, 1967 in Rochester; April 21 in Ortonville; April 25 in St. Cloud; April 26 in Duluth; and April 27, 1967 in St. Paul. | |||||||||||
| Fiche numbers 84-102. | |||||||||||
| Classification of underground waters of the state and establishment of standards for waste disposal. Proposed regulation WPC-22, February 22, 1973. | |||||||||||
| Fiche numbers 103-113. | |||||||||||
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| 126.B.17.12F | 8 | Proposed adoption of MPCA rules 1 (amended rules of procedure), 2 (interim permits), and 3 (declaration of emergency), November 10, 1969. | |||||||||
| Fiche numbers 114-115. | |||||||||||
| Adoption of water use classifications, establishment of standards for effluents discharged and/or affecting interstate waters, revocation of permits, and issuance of orders of abatement of pollution thereof. WPC-25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, and 32, July 13, 1970. | |||||||||||
| Fiche numbers 116-123. | |||||||||||
| Classification of waters and establishment of standards of water and effluent quality and purity. Proposed regulations WPC-24, 37, and 38. Revocation of regulations WPC-14, 15, and 23. Amendment of regulation WPC-25. March 14-16, 1973. | |||||||||||
| Fiche numbers 165-178. | |||||||||||
| Standards of the State of Minnesota governing interstate waters within the state, WPC-15. March 9, April 13, May 11, and July 13, 1970. | |||||||||||
| Fiche numbers 179-198. Hearings in Minneapolis. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Environmental permits -- Minnesota.
- Factory and trade waste -- Minnesota.
- Radioactive waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. -- Minnesota.
- Sewage disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. -- Minnesota.
- Sewage disposal plants -- Minnesota.
- Thermal pollution of rivers, lakes, etc. -- Minnesota.
- Urban runoff -- Environmental aspects -- Minnesota.
- Water -- Pollution -- Minnesota.
- Water -- Pollution -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Water quality -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. Water Pollution Control Commission.
- North Suburban Sanitary Sewer District (Minn.).
- Northern States Power Company (Minnesota)
- Document Types:
- Hearing.
- Hearings.
- Transcripts.
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