# WEIRTON STEEL CORP.
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `10958`
- **Case Number:** 03-1986-0797
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WEIRTON STEEL CORP. (complaint)
## Summary

UNTIL 7/7/85, WSC WAS OPERATING UNDER A REVISED CD ENTER- ED INTO BETWEEN THE EPA, STATE OF WV & THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE FACILITY, NATIONAL STEEL CORP., WHICH INTER ALIA, IN-    CLUDED A  BUBBLE , ALLOWING WSC TO OPERATE CERTAIN EMISSION  SOURCES AT THE FACILITY W/OUT INSTALLING ADDITIONAL POLLU-   TION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY, IN EXCHANGE FOR THE OPERATION &     MAINTENANCE OF A ROAD DUST CONTROL PROGRAM. BOTH REVISED CD  & THE BUBBLE EXPIRED TO 7/7/85. WSC HAS REQUESTED THAT THE    BUBBLE  BE EXTENTENDED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 YEAR PERIOD. THE STATE OF WV HAS GRANTED WSC A 3 YEAR EXTENSION & HAS RE-     QUESTED THAT THE WV SIP BE REVISED BY EPA TO INCLUDE THIS    BUBBLE. HOWEVER, EPA HAS DETERMINED, BASED ON INFO FROM VAR- IOUS EMISSION MONITORS LOCATED BOTH ON & OFF THE FACILITY,   THAT THE BUBBLE DOES NOT ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE W/THE PRIMARY    NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARD FOR PARTICULATE MAT-   TER. ALTHOUGH EPA HAS TAKEN NO FORMAL ACTION TO DENY THE WV  AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISION & WSC THAT THE BUBBLE IS NOT APPROVABLE. EPA PLANS TO TAKE FORMAL ACTION TO DENY THE BUB- BLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.                                         SINCE 7/85 EPA HAS CONDUCTED SEVERAL INSPECTIONS AT THE   WSC FACILITY TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE W/THE WV SIP REGS FOR   VISIBLE EMISSIONS OF PARTICULATE MATTER. VIOLATIONS OF THE   REGS HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE NO. 1 & 3 BLAST FURNACE CAST  HOUSES, BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE (BOF) SHOP SCRUBBER STACK,      SCARFER STACK, NO. 2 SINTER WIND BOX ST

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