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LTV STEEL CO., INC.

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Source Agrees · 57310

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Case

Case Number
HQ-1998-0021
Type
Administrative - Formal
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EPA
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Summary

ON MARCH 28, 1997, EPA INSPECTED LTV STEEL, LOCATED AT 4658 SECOND AVE., PITTSBURGH, PA 15207.DURING THE INSPECTION, SAMPLES OF DIESEL FUEL WERE TAKEN FROM THE PROPULSION TANKS OF 5 OF LTV STEEL'S 1988 GMC TRUCKS. TRUCK #1 VIN: KW004567, HAD A SULFUR CONTENT OF .0846 WT. PERCENT; TRUCK #2, VIN: KW004568, HAD A SULFUR CONTENT OF .0866 WT. PERCENT; TRUCK #3, VIN KW004569, HAD A SULFUR CONTENT OF .0899 WT. PERCENT; AND TRUCK #5, VIN: G2JV523842, HAD A SULFUR CONTENT OF .1582 WT. PERCENT. AS A RESULT OF THE INSPECTION, EPA DETERMINED THAT LTV STEEL INTRODUCED OR CAUSED OR ALLOWED THE INTRODUCTION INTO THE 5 MOTOR VEHICLES DESCRIBED ABOVE DIESEL FUEL WHOSE SULFUR CONTENT EXCEEDED THE 0.05 WT. PERCENT STANDARD. THEREFORE, LTV STEEL WAS HELD LIABLE FOR 5 VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 211(G) OF THE ACT, 42 USC SECTION 7545.

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