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US STEEL-GENEVA WORKS

Judicial · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 47750

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Case

Case Number
08-1985-0014
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-1-1-2548
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

STATUTES AND REGULATIONS WHICH ARE BASIS FOR PROPOSED ACTION: -SECTION 301(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA) 33 U.S.C. 1311(A) -SECTION 309(B) AND (D) OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1319(B) (D) -SECTION 402 OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C 1342 -REGULATION SET FORTH IN 40 CFR PART 122 AND 124 THE VIOLATION(S) UPON WHICH THE ACTION IS BASED THE UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION - GENEVA WORKS (HERE- INAFTER U.S. STEEL) IS THE HOLDER OF NPDES PERMIT NO. UT-0000361, ISSUED TO THE FACILITY IN SEPTMEBER 1981. THE PERMIT LIMITS THE DAILY AVERAGE AND MAXIMUM MASS DISCHARGE LIMITS FOR AMMONIA- NITROGEN, CYANIDE AND TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS, AMONG OTHER POLLUTANTS. OVER A FIVE MONTH PERIOD (MARCH - JULY 1985), U.S. STEEL EXCEEDED THE LIMITS IN ITS PERMIT FOR THE THREE ABOVE NAMED POLLUTANTS, A TOTAL OF 19 TIMES. THESE EXCEEDANCES CONSTITUTE VIOLATIONS OF ITS NPDES PERMIT AND THEREBY SECTION 301 OF THE CWA. THE ACTIVITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PERMIT VIOLATIONS, NOTED ABOVE, HAS NOW CEASED AND THE FACILITY'S DISCHARGE IS ONCE AGAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH ITS NPDES PERMIT LIMITS. THEREFORE WE ARE NOT SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF SINCE, IN THE OPINION OF OUR STAFF, NONE IS REQUIRED FOR U.S. STEEL'S CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH ITS PERMIT. HOWEVER, WE ARE SEEKING A CIVIL PENALTY CALCULATIONS) AS A DETERRENT TO F

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