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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MN0049018

WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD - TWO HARBORS TRANSSHIPMENT, Two Harbors, MN: NPDES MN0049018 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD - TWO HARBORS TRANSSHIPMENT, held by Wisconsin Central Ltd., holds NPDES permit MN0049018, which discharges to Agate Bay. EPA’s file records it issued March 25, 2009 and expiring February 28, 2014. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedWISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD - TWO HARBORS TRANSSHIPMENT
Permittee as filedWisconsin Central Ltd.
NPDES IDMN0049018
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 25, 2009
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2014
AddressTwo Harbors, MN 55616
Receiving waterAGATE BAY
SIC4011 – Railroads, Line-Haul Operating

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Iron, total [as Fe]0472December 31, 19911,329% over the limit
Solids, total suspended0451March 31, 20227% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant0710
pH0460
Hydrocarbons, petroleum0440

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MN0049018.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit MN0049018, held by Wisconsin Central Ltd. for the Two Harbors transshipment facility in Two Harbors, MN, which discharges to Agate Bay. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor discharger class, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.