Title: Solid Waste Transfer Facility Permit
Alternate Title:
Description: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Subject: Solid Waste
Waste
Creation Date: 9/11/2008 2:17:29 PM
Modification Date: 7/3/2024 12:29:31 PM
Agency Name: Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), Minnesota
Agency URL: https://www.pca.state.mn.us
Agency Description:
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is responsible for administering environmental permitting, compliance/enforcement, remediation and outreach programs to help Minnesota protect its environment.
Agency Phone: 651-296-6300
800-657-3864
Agency Fax: Agency URL: https://www.pca.state.mn.us
Agency Address:
520 Lafayette Rd. N.
St. Paul
MN 55155
Unit Name: Solid Waste Permits
Unit URL:
Unit Description:
Unit Phone: Unit Fax: Contact person(s): elizabeth.gawrys@state.mn.us
Unit URL:
Audience: Hold
Application URL:
Renewal URL:
Versa URL:
Requirements:
Review Waste and Recycling
The MPCA oversees much of the waste, recycling, and disposal activities in Minnesota. MPCA permits are required for construction, modification, and operation of solid waste management facilities where waste is treated, stored, processed, transferred, or disposed. This includes:
- municipal solid waste and specialty landfills.
- composting facilities.
- recycling and material recovery facilities.
- waste incinerators.
- transfer stations.
Rules: 7001.0010 - .0210
7001.3000 - .3300
7001.3400 - .3410
7035.0300 - .0800
7035.2525 - .2655
7035.2870
Statutes: 116.07
Forms:
Permit applications
Facilities seeking permits must provide both a completed application and supplemental information, such as an operations plan, closure plan, contingency action plan, and sampling/analysis plan. The application and other required information must be submitted together; previously submitted plans and specifications will not be considered for the permit application. Submit both a hard copy and a PDF version of the application form, checklists, and supporting documents.
A "minor modification" means a change that won't result in actual or potential increases in the facility's pollution discharges and that won't hamper the agency's ability to monitor the permittee's compliance.
Application checklists
MPCA staff have developed checklists to help you ensure that your permit application includes all the required information. Be sure to complete all checklists that apply to your facility, and include them with your application.
Solid waste facility application checklist (w-sw7-32)
Metro permit review application checklist (w-sw7-44)
SSOM compost facility application checklist (sw3-54)
Checklist for a site suitability workplan for a source-separated compost facility (w-sw3-52)
Solid waste compost facility application checklist (w-sw7-39)
Demolition debris land disposal facility application checklist (w-sw7-35)
Hydrogeologic evaluation form for demolition landfills (w-sw5-05)
Generic template: Industrial Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP) for construction and demolition (C&D) waste landfills (w-sw3-36)
Industrial waste landfill application checklist (w-sw7-36)
Municipal solid waste (MSW) combustor ash land disposal facilities application checklist (w-sw7-38)
Mixed municipal solid waste (MSW) land disposal facility application checklist (w-sw7-37)
Solid waste transfer station application checklist (w-sw7-33)
Refuse-derived fuel processing facility application checklist (w-sw7-34)
Fees:
No fees.
Period of Issuance:
Up to 5 years; permit may then be reissued.
Length of Determination: 30 days to determine if complete. Up to 180 days or more to determine adequacy of completed application.
Other Info:
Activity: Solid Waste
Waste
License Detail URL:
Waste planning and recycling
Waste and Recycling
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