EPA v. USS/KOBE STEEL COMPANY
Final Order No Penalty
Compliance action
$693,000
Case summary
THE COMPANY FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THEIR NPDES PERMIT, AND DISCHARGED POLLUTANT INTO BLACK RIVER AND HAD NUMEROUS UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES AND SPILLS.
Defendants (1)
- USS/KOBE STEEL COMPANYNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
REPUBLIC TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL
1807 EAST 28TH STREET, LORAIN, OH, 44055
Registry ID: 110000385645
REPUBLIC TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL
1807 EAST 28TH STREET, LORAIN, OH, 44055
Registry ID: 110000385645
Statutes cited
- CWA 311 — Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability
Enforcement conclusions (1)
USS/KOBE STEEL COMPANYentered 1998-11-20
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (2 milestones)
- 1998-11-20Final Order Issued
- 1999-05-25Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 31671
- Case number
- 05-1999-0338
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- MMBII
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- Yes
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1999-0338 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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