Settlement reached over Seward coal facility dispute

The Alaska Railroad and Aurora Energy have agreed to an out-of-court settlement in a dispute involving a water permit. More than a year ago, a federal court sided with the Sierra Club and Alaska Community Action on Toxics in a suit against Aurora and the railroad, alleging that Aurora’s coal loading facility in Seward spilled coal into Resurrection Bay.
Plaintiffs complained that Aurora was violating the Clean Water Act, because the coal-loading company’s general stormwater perm