# US STEEL-LORAIN (USX)
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · EPA Did Not Pursue
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26415`
- **Case Number:** 05-1987-0175
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** EPA Did Not Pursue
- **Penalty assessed:** $50K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- USS - LORAIN (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

I.   SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE                                         USS, DIVISION OF USX CORPORATION (USS) OWNS AND OPER-   ATES A FULLY INTEGRATED IRON AND STEELMAKING FACILITY IN     LORAIN, OHIO.  ON JANUARY 23, 1979, U.S. EPA FILED SUIT A-   GAINST USS IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE       NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO, ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF THE CLEAN  WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1251 ET SEG., AND NATIONAL POL- LUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM ( NPDES ) PERMIT NO.     D32B*BD.  THIS CASE WAS RESOLVED BY CONSENT DECREE ON JUNE   27, 1980 (ATTACHMENT A).  THIS DECREE CONTAINED AN ENVIRON-  MENTALLY BENEFICIAL  CREDIT PROJECT  CONSISTING OF A DUST    SUPPRESSION PROGRAM IN LIEU OF A CIVIL PENALTY.  THIS PRO-   GRAM, HOWEVER, DID NOT COST AS MUCH AS USS CERTIFIED IT      WOULD.  INSTEAD OF PAYING TO THE U.S. THE DIFFERENCE IN      COST, AS REQUIRED BY THE TERMS OF THE CONSENT DECREE, USS    FILED A MOTION REQUESTING THAT THE COURT MODIFY THE DECREE.  THE UNITED STATES INITIALLY OPPOSED THE MOTION, BUT LATER    THE PARTIES AGREED TO RESOLVE THE MATTER WITH A CIVIL PEN-   ALTY (WHICH USS PAID) AND FURTHER AIR POLLUTION CONTROL      CREDIT PROJECTS.  THESE CREDIT PROJECTS WERE INCORPORATED    INTO AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL CONSENT DECREE.  THIS      AMENDED CONSENT DECREE WAS ENTERED ON NOVEMBER 22, 1985 (AT- TACHMENT B).  THIS CASE IS A CIVIL CONTEMPT ACTION STEMMING  FROM THE VIOLATION OF TWO DIFFERENT CREDIT PROJECT REQUIRE-  MENTS FOUND IN THE AMENDED CONSENT D

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