BNSF Railway pays $20,000 fine for violations at Wilmar facility

BNSF Railway pays $20,000 fine for violations at Wilmar facility

WILLMAR — BNSF Railway Company paid a fine of $20,000 for industrial stormwater and wastewater permit violations at its Willmar facility, according to a news release from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. An MPCA investigation in September 2023 found that BNSF Railway rail facility in Willmar failed to use correct erosion control best management practices and discharged eroded soil into a city stormwater system and the shoreline of Foot La…