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LTV STEEL CO

Judicial · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 27283

$250K
Penalty
$0
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1989-0230
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-1-1-3406
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

LTV HAS VIOLATED THE ACT AT ITS INDIANA HARBOR WORKS FACILI- TY IN EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA. ON FEBRUARY 26, 1988, AN OIL SPILL OF 300 TO 400 GALS OCCURED AT THIS FACILITY FROM AN EXCAVATED OIL PIT ON THE SHORE OF AN INTAKE FLUME FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. DURING THE U.S.EPA'S MARCH 9, 1988 INSPECTION, U.S. EPA REPRESENTATIVES DISCOVERED TWO OTHER UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES FROM LTV'S FACILITY INTO THE SAME INTAKE FLUME FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. ON APRIL 18, 1988, THE REGION ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER UNDER SECTIONS 308 AND 309 OF THE ACT, 33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1318 AND 1319, REQUIRING LTV TO, INTER ALIA, IMMEDIATELY CEASE ALL UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES. - AFTER SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH LTV, THE COMPANY HAS AGREED TO AND HAS UNDERTAKEN STEPS NECESSARY TO PERMANENTLY ISOLATE THE OIL PIT AND ENSURE THAT UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES DO NOT REOCCUR. LTV HAS INDICATED THAT ALL COMPLIANCE MEASURES SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST 1989. - LTV HAS EXPRESSED A WILLINGNESS TO ENTER A FEDERALLY ENFORCE ABLE CONSENT DECREE TO ENSURE CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT.

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