# BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP.
> **Judicial** · FY1995 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `29139`
- **Case Number:** 05-1995-0119
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $441K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CWA VIOLATION INVOLVES UNPERMITTED DISCHARGE OF INDUSTRIAL   WASTEWATER CONTAINING ELEVATED LEVELS OF AMMONIA AND HEAT    INTO HARBOR LEADING TO LAKE MICHIGAN.  SDWA VIOLATIONS       INVOLVE SDWA/UIC PERMIT VIOLATIONS RELATED TO FORMATION      TESTING, ANNULUS PRESSURE, AND MAINTENANCE OF AN AUTOMATIC   SHUT-OFF SYSTEM.                                             BETHLEHEM VIOLATED THE CWA BY DISCHARGING A POLLUTANT        THROUGH 53 FISSURE POINTS IN BETHLEHEM'S DOCK WALL WITHOUT   A PERMIT.  THE UNITED STATES FILED  COMPLINT IN MARCH 1996   ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF BETHLEHEM'S UIC PERMITS.

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