EPA v. US STEEL CORP (US STEEL MON VALLEY WORKS CLAIRTON PLANT)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On September 26, 2023, the Region filed an Expedited Settlement Agreement which settled EPA's penalty claim for violations of CWA Section 311(j) at the US Steel Mon Valley Works-Clairton facility located in Clairton, Pennsylvania. The facility failed to describe in the SPCC Plan the physical layout of the facility and include a facility diagram, failed to ensure that the SPCC Plan addresses the type of oil in each container and its storage capacity, failed to provide complete discussions pertaining to Facility tank car and tank truck loading/unloading racks, failed to provide sufficiently impervious secondary containment for the largest single container, failed to regularly test or inspect aboveground containers for integrity and whenever material repairs are made, failed to promptly correct visible oil leaks from containers and remove accumulated oil, failed to locate mobile or portable oil storage containers to prevent oil discharges and provide secondary containment, failed to provide complete discussion pertaining to the facility transfer operations, pumping, and in-plant processes, and failed to Inspect aboveground valves and piping regularly, and conduct integrity and leak testing of buried piping. The respondent has agreed to pay a cash penalty of $4,900 to settle the matter.
Defendants (1)
- US STEEL CORPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (4)
US STEEL MON VALLEY WORKS CLAIRTON PLANT
400 STATE STREET, CLAIRTON, PA, 15025
Registry ID: 110042043384
US STEEL MON VALLEY WORKS CLAIRTON PLANT
400 STATE STREET, CLAIRTON, PA, 15025
Registry ID: 110042043384
US STEEL MON VALLEY WORKS CLAIRTON PLANT
400 STATE STREET, CLAIRTON, PA, 15025
Registry ID: 110042043384
US STEEL MON VALLEY WORKS CLAIRTON PLANT
400 STATE STREET, CLAIRTON, PA, 15025
Registry ID: 110042043384
Statutes cited
- CWA 311J — SPCC and/or Federal Response Plan Violations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
US STEEL CORP (US STEEL MON VALLEY WORKS CLAIRTON PLANT)entered 2023-09-26
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $4,900
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2023-09-26Final Order Issued
- 2023-09-26Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2023-10-11Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2023-10-23Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3603751302
- Case number
- 03-2023-0097
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 03
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- SPCC and/or Federal Response Plan Violations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 03-2023-0097 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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