# LTV STEEL CO
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27283`
- **Case Number:** 05-1989-0230
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $250K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- LTV STEEL COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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