Scott County to push MPCA to revise draft solid‑waste report, citing waste‑to‑energy concerns

Jun 23, 2026

Scott County staff and commissioners reviewed a draft comment letter to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, urging revision of a statewide resource‑management report that repeatedly groups landfilling and waste‑to‑energy as disposal, a framing the board says conflicts with statute.

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Scott County staff and several commissioners said the county will ask the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to revise a large draft resource‑management report and to clarify that waste‑to‑energy is treated as resource recovery, not the same as landfilling.

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