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What's In Your Neighborhood?

by Dave Dempsey, Conservation Minnesota

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency today issued a news release about its updated “What’s In My Neighborhood?” web application. It’s designed to make it easy for any Minnesotan to find out about nearby pollution permits, old dumps and other environmental information. It’s well-intended, but a check of my neighborhood revealed terminology that a layperson has a difficult time understanding (small to minimal hazardous waste QG). It’s a good try — but what do you think?

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