EPA v. PORT ANGELES INDUSTRIAL WATERFRONT

Case summary

On March 8, 2022, Region 10 filed a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to address violations of the Clean Water Act at the Port Angeles Industrial Waterfront, located at 1301 Marine Drive, Port Angeles, Washington 98362. The Port of Por Angeles operates the Industrial Waterfront that violated the CWA by failing to update its Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), failing to properly store hazardous material, failing to sample all outfalls, and the use of expire pH buffer solutions. Respondent agreed to pay a penalty of $67,000. The facility?s violations did not include numerical exceedances of benchmarks or permit limits; therefore, a environmental benefit cannot be calculated at this time. Human health and the environment benefit from this action by ensuring the facility is properly sampling and monitoring its stormwater discharges to promptly address any exceedances of pollutants that may occur.

Defendants (1)

• PORT OF PORT ANGELESNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• PORT ANGELES INDUSTRIAL WATERFRONT

  1301 MARINE DR, PORT ANGELES, WA, 98362-1801

  Registry ID: 110015566118

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PORT ANGELES INDUSTRIAL WATERFRONTentered 2022-03-08

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $67,000

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2021-10-27Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2022-03-08Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2022-03-08Final Order Issued
• 2023-01-23NPDES Closed
• 2023-01-23Enforcement Action Closed