Public Notice: Proposed ESA CWA-05-2025-0012

Summary

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 5, is providing notice of intent to execute an Expedited Settlement Agreement (ESA) with Duluth Seaway Port Authority (“Respondent”) for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA alleges that Respondent discharged industrial stormwater from its facility to Superior Bay, in violation of the Respondent’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit (“Permit”), in violation of the Section 301 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 1311. 

EPA and Respondent have agreed that Respondent will pay a civil penalty of $5,860. Full payment of the penalty will resolve Respondent’s liability for federal civil penalties for the violation alleged in the ESA.

Applicants or Respondents

Docket Numbers

• CWA-05-2025-0012

Related Documents

• Public Notice of Proposed ESA CWA-05-2025-0012 (pdf) (131.15 KB)
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 5, is providing notice of intent to execute an Expedited Settlement Agreement (ESA) with Duluth Seaway Port Authority.
• Proposed ESA CWA-05-2025-0012 (pdf) (303.78 KB)
  EPA finds, and Respondent admits, that Respondent is subject to Section 301(a) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1311.