# INLAND STEEL COMPANY
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25316`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0075
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $100K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- INLAND STEEL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF CASE                                          INLAND STEEL COMPANY OWNS AND OPERATES A FULLY INTE-    GRATED IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING FACILITY AT EAST         CHICAGO, INDIANA.  WASTEWATER IS GENERATED AT MANY STAGES    IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS.  THE WASTEWATER CONTAINS BIO-     CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD), OIL AND GREASE (O&G), TOTAL    SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS), FECAL COLIFORM, TOTAL CYANIDE, TOTAL PHENOL, AMMONIA AND HEAVY METALS.  INLAND STEEL COMPANY IS P RESENTLY OPERATING PURSUANT TO A NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARG E ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT WHICH EXPIRES ON FEBRU-  ARY 28, 1989.  THE PERMIT AUTHORIZES INLAND TO DISCHARGE     FROM ITS FACILITY TO RECEIVING WATERS - INDIANA HARBOR AND   THE INDIANA HARBOR SHIP CANAL.  THE PERMIT FURTHER REQUIRES  INLAND STEEL COMPANY TO SAMPLE AND TEST ITS EFFLUENT TO      INSURE COMPLIANCE WITH LIMITATIONS IN THE PERMIT.                 EPA INVESTIGATORS AUDITED INLAND STEEL COMPANY'S LABOR- AOTRY PROCEDURES IN THE SPRING OF 1984 AND NOTED NUMEROUS    DEFICIENCIES WHICH CALL INTO QUESTION THE SELF-MONITORING    RESULTS REPORTED BY INLAND STEEL COMPANY FOR MANY YEARS.     ITS DEFICIENCIES OCCURRED IN SAMPLE COLLECTION, HOLDING      TIME, PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES, AND LABORATORY METHODOLOGIES  FOR FIVE-DAY BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD), TOTAL SUS-     PENDED SOLIDS (TSS), AMMONIA, TOTAL CYANIDE, TOTAL PHENOL,   AND HEAVY METALS.  ADDITIONALLY, DEFICIENCIES OCCUR IN       CALIBRATION OF THERMOMETERS; MAINTENAN

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