EPA v. NORTHWESTERN STEEL AND WIRE
Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
Penalty assessed
$434,460
Compliance action
$8,000,000
Case summary
NORTHWESTERN VIOLATED NSPS AND THE ILLINOIS SIP. PROPOSED RELIEF: UPGRADE SCRUBBERS, CONDUCT PERFORMANCE TESTS, IMPLEMENT DAILY MONITORING, INSTALL NEW MONITORING EQUIP- MENT. PREFILING NOTICE LETTER SENT 10/22/97; PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY OF $2.5 MILLION.
Defendants (1)
- NORTHWESTERN STEEL AND WIRE COMPANYNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
NORTHWESTERN STEEL & WIRE COMPANY
121 WALLACE ST., STERLING, IL, 610810618
Registry ID: 110000436895
Statutes cited
- CAA 111 — New Source Performance Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
NORTHWESTERN STEEL AND WIREentered 2000-11-16
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $434,460
Timeline (6 milestones)
- 1997-05-22Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1997-11-04Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2000-06-19Complaint Filed With Court
- 2000-11-16Final Order Lodged
- 2000-11-16Final Order Entered
- 2026-05-01Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 30487
- Case number
- 05-1997-0582
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- AIR
- Branch
- MMBI
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- New Source Performance Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1997-0582 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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