ST. PAUL, Minn. — On Thursday, the Senate State and Local Government and Veterans Committee heard and passed Senator Foung Hawj’s (DFL-St. Paul) bill to reinstate the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) citizens board (SF 1937). Following the hearing, Senator Hawj released the following statement:
Laura Bishop resigned from her post as the Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) on July 6. Following her resignation announcement, Senator Ann Rest (DFL-New Hope) has released this statement:
The Minneapolis Star Tribune recently published an article on a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) analysis of air monitoring data, which has confirmed lead levels in North Minneapolis are 10 times higher than other locations. MPCA regulators say they’re concerned and need to investigate this further. Personally, I’m incredibly disturbed by this news.