Overview
Finding environmental information about Minnesota communities is updated at What's in My Neighborhood (WIMN) Web Application from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).
The tools on the MPCA website, let visitors search for information about local environmental permits and notifications filed with the MPCA, as well as potentially contaminated sites. Users can search using an interactive map or by a text search.
The MPCA established the original WIMN Web application in 2003 when it contained only limited information about potentially contaminated sites. The MPCA has worked during the past two and a half years to expand the system, adding environmental information such as air and water permits, registrations, and notifications.
The new site includes environmental data about businesses and institutions that have permits and registrations, MPCA inspections, and how businesses comply with environmental laws and rules. There are 150,000 sites in the database, up from 5,000 on the old Web application. More detail is also included about each location.