EPA v. AK STEEL CORPORATION - ASHLAND COKE PLANT (CLEVELAND - CLIFFS STEEL CORPORATION)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On April 12, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Northern Division at Ashland, against Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corporation (formerly AK Steel Corporation) relating to violations of state and federal hazardous waste statutes and regulations. The violations pertain to the former AK Steel coke plant in Ashland, Kentucky. On April 13, 2022, DOJ filed a Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree. The proposed Consent Decree will be subject to a 30-day public comment period and proposes to resolve the alleged violations through payment of a civil penalty of $490,000 and injunctive relief in the form of a site-wide soil sampling and remedial action at four specific areas of the facility.
Defendants (2)
- AK STEEL CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (8)
AK STEEL ASHLAND WORKS - COKE PLANT
40TH ST & WINCHESTER AVE, ASHLAND, KY, 41101
Registry ID: 110009937738
AK STEEL ASHLAND WORKS - COKE PLANT
40TH ST & WINCHESTER AVE, ASHLAND, KY, 41101
Registry ID: 110009937738
AK STEEL ASHLAND WORKS - COKE PLANT
40TH ST & WINCHESTER AVE, ASHLAND, KY, 41101
Registry ID: 110009937738
AK STEEL ASHLAND WORKS - COKE PLANT
40TH ST & WINCHESTER AVE, ASHLAND, KY, 41101
Registry ID: 110009937738
AK STEEL ASHLAND WORKS - COKE PLANT
40TH ST & WINCHESTER AVE, ASHLAND, KY, 41101
Registry ID: 110009937738
AK STEEL ASHLAND WORKS - COKE PLANT
40TH ST & WINCHESTER AVE, ASHLAND, KY, 41101
Registry ID: 110009937738
AK STEEL ASHLAND WORKS - COKE PLANT
40TH ST & WINCHESTER AVE, ASHLAND, KY, 41101
Registry ID: 110009937738
AK STEEL ASHLAND WORKS - COKE PLANT
40TH ST & WINCHESTER AVE, ASHLAND, KY, 41101
Registry ID: 110009937738
Statutes cited
- RCRA 3004VU — TSD Corrective Action
- RCRA 3005 — Permits for Treatment, Storage, or Disposal of Hazardous Waste
- RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
Enforcement conclusions (1)
CLEVELAND - CLIFFS STEEL CORPORATION (fka AK STEEL CORPORATION - ASHLAND COKE PLANT)entered 2022-06-08
Primary law: RCRA
Federal penalty: $367,500
Timeline (6 milestones)
- 2012-09-19Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2012-09-27Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 2022-04-12Complaint Filed With Court
- 2022-04-13Final Order Lodged
- 2022-06-08Final Order Entered
- 2026-04-30Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3000060307
- Case number
- 04-2012-9014
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 04
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- TSD Corrective Action
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-2012-9014 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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