Minnesota Pesticide NPDES Permit Informational Meeting

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has scheduled an informational meeting to discuss the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Pesticide General Permit and its implications for Minnesota. At the meeting, MPCA will review the significance of the federal permit, explain timelines, summarize EPA’s permit, and describe in general MPCA’s plans for a state-specific permit.

Meeting details

Date — Thursday, July 8, 2010

Time — 2-4 p.m

Location — MPCA Board Room, 520 Lafayette Road North, St. Paul, MN

For more information and background on the requirement for NPDES permit coverage for pesticide application:

Appeals Court Ruling On Pesticide Regulation Under Clean Water Act

EPA Proposes Draft Pesticide Application Permit

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