# WHEELING PITTSBURGH STEEL - YORKVILLE
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26605`
- **Case Number:** 05-1987-0408
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $6.18M
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WHEELING PITTSBURGH STEEL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

WHEELING-PITTSBURGH STEEL CORP., YORKVILLE, OHIO HAS, ON A CONTINUING BASIS, VIOLATED THE TERMS OF ITS NPDES PERMIT NO. OH0011371.                                                     WPSC OPERATES A STEEL MANUFACTURING PLANT IN YORKVILLE,    OHIO.  WPSC RECEIVED ITS PRESENT PERMIT ON SEPT. 26, 1985.   THIS PERMIT CREATED SPECIFIC EFFLUENT LIMITS FOR WPSC'S      WASTE DISCHARGES AT OUTFALL NO. 001 THRU 004, 601 AND 602.   ACCORDING TO WPSC'S DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS, FROM OCTO- BER 1985 THRU JUNE 30, 1987, WPSC VIOLATED THE LIMITS ON PH, TOTAL CHROME, LEAD, CHLORINE AND OIL AND GREASE, AS WELL AS  THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES. FROM APRIL 1985 THRU SEPT. 1985, WPSC HAS SEVEN VIOLATIONS OF AP- PLICABILITY OF WPSC'S PRIOR TO 1973 NATL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT.

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