# SHARON STEEL CORP
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `10636`
- **Case Number:** 03-1986-0471
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $500K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SHARON STEEL CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SHARON STEEL CORPORATION IS A PUBLICALY HELD PA CORPORATION HEADQUARTERED IN SHARON, PA. IT HAS 6 PRINCIPAL SUBSIDIARIES INVOLVED IN FINISHING STRIP STEEL & OTHER UNRELATED   MANUFACTURING & METALS MINING & PROCESSING INDUSTRIES. THE VIC POSNER WORKS(VPW) FACILITY IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS ACTION. VPW IS SHARON'S MAIN PLANT &THE ONLY PLANT THAT PRODUCES & FINISHES STRIP STEEL. IT DISCHARGES TO THE SHENANGO  RIVER THRU 4 OUTFALLS. EPA ISSUED THE VPW FACILITY ITS 1ST NPDES PERMIT IN 12/74  (PERMIT I); THIS PERMIT WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY EXTENDED UNTIL  9/85. BETWEEN 1/81 & 9/85, SHARON VIOLATED THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN ITS PERMIT AT LEAST 1,121 OCCASIONS.   DURING PART OF THIS PERIOD SHARON WAS COVERED BY A STATE JUDICIAL CD, WHICH DELAYED VARIOUS FINAL COMPLIANCE DATES W/OUT CONCURRENTLY ESTABLISHING INTERIM LIMITS; THIS CD MAY REDUCE SHARON'S ACTIONABLE VIOLATIONS TO 965. PA DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES(PADER) REISSUED A MORE STRINGENT BAT   PERMIT IN 9/85(PERMIT II). UPON REISSUANCE, THE FREQUENCY OF VIOLATIONS, WHICH HAD STARTED TO IMPROVE IN EARLY 1985, DRA- MATICALLY INCREASED. SHARON HAS APPEALED PERMIT II, BUT SINCE PERMIT II REMAINS IN FULL FORCE & EFFECT UNDER STATE   LAW IT IS FEDERALLY ENFORCEABLE.   AVAILABLE WATER QUALITY DATA INDICATES THAT SHARON VPW IS  CONTRIBUTING TO VIOLATIONS OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR FE & MAY BE CAUSING OTHER SUCH VIOLATIONS FOR FREE CYANIDE & OTHER TOXIC POLLUTANTS. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT SHARON'S DISCHARGES ARE

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