EPA v. Scott C. Chida & Excel Design & Manufacturing

Case summary

U.S.EPA has issued a Administrative Compliance Order to Scott C. Chida and Excel Design & Manufacturing of Duluth Minnesota, for violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). U.S. EPA has cited Mr. Chida for discharging dredged and fill materials into 0.55 acres of wetlands without a Federal Section 404 CWA permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). The wetlands are adjacent and tributary to the Cloquet River in St. Louis County. The Compliance Order requires Chida and Excel Design & Manufacturing to mitigate theimpacts with no less than 1.4 acres of wetland replacement.

Defendants (1)

• Scott C. Chida & Excel Design & ManufacturingNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SCOTT C. CHIDA & EXCEL DESIGN & MANUFACTURING

  4989 RICE LAKE ROAD, DULUTH, MN, 55803

  Registry ID: 110016667882

Statutes cited

• CWA 404 — Permits for Dredge and Fill Material

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Scott C. Chida & Excel Design & Manufacturingentered 2003-10-28

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2003-10-28Final Order Issued
• 2003-10-28Enforcement Action Data Entered