Region 5 will enter into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) commencing and concluding an action against Warren Steel Holdings LLC (WSH), under Section 113(d) of the Clean Air Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C. § 7413(d). The WSH facility is a steel plant that produces carbon, alloy, or specialty metals and consists of, among other emission units, an electric arc furnace (EAF), a ladle refining furnace (LRF), a fabric filter control device and a control system dust handling system. In the CAFO, EPA alleged that WSH violated Section 111 of the Act, specifically the requirements of the Standards of Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels Constructed After August 17, 1983 at 40 C.F.R. § 60.270a et seq. WSH also violated Section 110 of the Act. Specifically, WSH violated the Ohio State Implementation Plan and WSHÂs Permit to Install.
Under the CAFO, WSH agrees to pay $17,500 in civil penalties; this takes into account WSHÂs inability to pay, as calculated by WSH and supported by an EPA model. WSH did not propose a supplemental environmental project.
On July 2, 2009, EPA issued a Finding of Violation (FOV) to WSH for failing to comply with NSPS AAa. On February 4, 2010, EPA issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to WSH for failing to comply with WSHÂs Permit to Install.
This CAFO resolves violations alleged in the FOV and NOV.
As a result of the NOV and FOV, Warren Steel completed the following projects:
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