# GULF STATES STEEL, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1994 · — · Litigated With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `21151`
- **Case Number:** 04-1994-0472
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GULF STATES STEEL, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS ENFORCEMENT ACTION INVOLVES A FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN    OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH ITS NPDES PERMIT SINCE GULF STATES    STEEL PURCHASED THE FACILITY IN 1987.  THE FACILITY HAS HAD  AT LEAST 2,100 EFFLUENT LIMIT VIOLATIONS SINCE 11/01/89.     ADEM AND THE ALABAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE HAVE TAKEN 9  ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST THE FACILITY, RECOVERING         INADEQUATE PENALTIES.  FURTHER, THE FACILITY NEVER CAME INTO COMPLIANCE. WITH THIS ACTION, EPA SEEKS A MAXIMUM CIVIL      PENALTY OF $52.5 MILLION AND REMEDIATION OF BLACK CREEK, THE RECEIVING WATER FOR THE FACILITY'S DISCHARGE.

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