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Westrom Calls for Reform at MPCA

Published January 20, 2026

Senate Ranking Member Torrey Westrom was critical of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency during his time on a legislative panel at MN Ag Expo. Too often, Westrom said MPCA has an agenda when regulating farmers. "It starts at the top,"…

Permitting Reform Needed for Success of SAF Production in MN

Published March 4, 2025

Minnesota legislators now have timelines in place for moving bills through the committee process. The first deadline is April 4th for action on bills in the chamber it originated. April 11th is the deadline for major appropriation and finance bills.…

Permitting Reform Approved in MN House Environment Committee

Published February 14, 2025

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permitting process would be updated under a bill that passed the House Environment and Natural Resources Committee. While this proposal would speed up the permitting decisions, Chairman Josh Heintzeman said it still protects the environment. "We…

Streamlined Permitting Need to Compete for Business

Published October 16, 2023

One of the biggest challenges facing the State of Minnesota in attracting business is its permitting process. Minnesota Chamber Foundation Executive Director Jennifer Byers said the permitting bottleneck impacts many sectors, including agriculture and food processing. "We continue to hear from…

Noem Testifies for Permitting Bill

Published February 20, 2020

The South Dakota Senate State Affairs Committee passed a bill that would streamline the county permitting process. With this proposal, a simple majority could approve a conditional use permit, rather than the two-thirds majority required now. It also modifies the…

MPCA Permit Fees Could Increase

Published February 3, 2020

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is proposing an increase in water quality permit fees. In addition to livestock operations, the permit costs would increase for city and industrial wastewater facilities and septic systems. MPCA claims many of these fees haven’t…

MDA Working with Epitome Energy in the Permitting Process

Published September 6, 2019

During the 2019 Minnesota legislative session, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture secured $5 million in funding to help with Epitome Energy's Soy Innovation Campus permitting process. While Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen acknowledges the permitting process can take a while, the…

Articles tagged under: permitting

Westrom Calls for Reform at MPCA

Permitting Reform Needed for Success of SAF Production in MN

Permitting Reform Approved in MN House Environment Committee

Streamlined Permitting Need to Compete for Business

Noem Testifies for Permitting Bill

MPCA Permit Fees Could Increase

MDA Working with Epitome Energy in the Permitting Process

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