EQB Monitor, July 1, 2025

Announcements

EQB’s Climate Calculator now online

The calculator is now available at EQB's Climate Calculator webpage. In addition to the calculator, there is documentation including:

A factsheet with calculator background, goals, and FAQs
A summary of the project scope and methodology
A report detailing the data and decisions behind each emission source
A comprehensive user guide for getting started and troubleshooting
A link to two training recordings on EQB’s YouTube channel
A slide deck presentation for each training

EQB staff will continue to provide training opportunities throughout the summer; stay tuned for more information as it becomes available. If you have any question, concerns, or would like to arrange a training session for a group you are a part of, please reach out to Stephanie Aho at [email protected].

Updates to petition requirements

A legislative update to petition requirements was signed in to law and will go in to effect on July 1, 2025. This update will now require that a petition must be accompanied by “not less than 100 individuals who reside or own property in a Minnesota county where the proposed action will be undertaken or in one or more adjoining counties”. Starting July 1, all signatures for a petition must be from the same county or an adjoining county as the proposed project location. To be considered an adjoining county, the counties must be considered as connecting or sharing a border.

Environmental Review Technical Assistance Survey

If you’ve completed an environmental review process since April 1, 2025 and submitted a notice for the Monitor, we want to hear from you! Tell us how we’re doing providing guidance and assistance by taking this short five-question survey. Your responses are for EQB use only and will help us provide better assistance for you in the future.

Environmental review project notices

EQB publishes environmental review notices provided by responsible governmental units. For more information on a project undergoing environmental review, click on the individual project links below. You can also find information about active projects in your community on the Environmental Review Projects Interactive Map.

WM Mueller Gravel Pit

Location: Camden Township, Carver County
Process: Petition
Step: Responsible governmental unit assigned

Responsible governmental unit and contact: Carver County, Jason Mielke, 952-361-1820

Century Ponds EAW

Location (city/township; county): Maplewood; Ramsey
Process: EAW
Step: EAW available
End of comment period: July 31, 2025

Project description: The Century Ponds project is a proposed low-density development consisting of single-family homes and townhomes on a 92.25 acre former golf course in the City of Maplewood, Ramsey County, Minnesota. It is located in the southwest quadrant of Lower Afton Rd E (CSAH 39) and Century Ave S (CSAH 25) and will include internal roads and connection to municipal utilities.
Century Ponds EAW project link provided by RGU

Location of public documents: Maplewood City Hall, 1830 County Road B, Maplewood, MN 55109

Responsible governmental unit and contact: City of Maplewood, Michael Martin,
651-249-2303

Crow Wing County Mixed Municipal Solid Waste Landfill SW-376 Expansion

Location (city/township; county): Oak Lawn Township; Crow Wing
Process: EAW
Step: EAW available
End of comment period: July 31, 2025

Project description: Crow Wing County (County) is proposing to increase the capacity of its existing municipal solid waste landfill. The County is proposing an expansion to the north and west of the current Landfill, resulting in a request for 3,837,000 cy of additional permitted capacity through Cell 7 (Project). The expansion will include composite liners, leachate collection systems, leak detection, environmental monitoring, stormwater management, and landfill gas collection systems. The facility has been in operation since 1991 and has been used for waste disposal.

Location of public documents: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 520 Lafayette Road North, Saint Paul, MN 55155

Responsible governmental unit and contact: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency,
Chris Green, 507-476-4258

Fish kill reports

Minnesota Duty Officer reports pertaining to fish kills are summarized in the following table, in accordance with 103G.216, REPORTING FISH KILLS IN PUBLIC WATERS, Subd. 2 Reporting Requirement. These reports were received via the Minnesota Duty Officer prior to the submission deadline for this edition of the EQB Monitor. They represent the raw data/information provided by callers. For more information regarding fish kills in Minnesota see the Department of Natural Resources. Call the Minnesota Duty Officer at 651‐649‐5451 or 800‐422‐0798 to report fish kills.

Date	Location	County	Waterbody	Species	Count
6/18/2025	Cass Lake	Beltrami	Wolf Lake	Minnows	Hundreds
6/20/2025	Pine Center	Crow Wing	Erskine Lake	Crappies	Less than 100
6/20/2025	Duluth	St. Louis	Pike Lake	Carp, Bluegill, Sunfish	16+
6/20/2025	Duluth	St. Louis	Pike Lake	Carp, Bluegill, Sunfish	16+
6/23/2025	Otter Tail	Otter Tail	Blanche Lake	Bluegill, Black crappie, Bullheads, Pumpkinseed	100
6/23/2025	Duluth	St. Louis	Pike Lake	Carp, Bluegill, Sunfish	16+

Submit a notice to the EQB Monitor

The EQB Monitor is a weekly publication announcing environmental review documents, public comment periods and other actions of the Environmental Quality Board. The EQB Monitor is published every Tuesday at noon. Submissions to the EQB Monitor are due by 4:00 p.m. on the Tuesday one week prior to the intended publication date. Please see the EQB Monitor schedule for more details.

To submit a notice for publication:

Access the EQB monitor submission service

Questions? Contact EQB by phone at 651-757-2873 or email us at [email protected].

For more information on environmental review, please visit the EQB website or contact us at [email protected].

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