# CALUMET STEEL CO.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31958`
- **Case Number:** 05-1999-0665
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $70K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $20K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CALUMET STEEL CO. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CALUMET STEEL COMPANY WAS REQUIRED BY EPA TO STACK TEST ITS  CAST HOUSE/MELT SHOP BAGHOUSE AS PART OF A PARTICULATE       MATTER INITIATIVE IN REGION 5 GEOGRAPHIC INITIATIVE AREAS.   THE TEST WAS CONDUCTED IN MARCH 1999, AND SHOWED VIOLATION   OF THE ILLINOIS SIP PARTICUALTE EMISSION LIMIT.  IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TEST, CALUMET PERFORMED MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR     ACTIVITIES INCLUDING CHANGEOUT OF ONE COMPARTMENT OF THE     BAGHOUSE.  ANOTHER STACK TEST WAS CONDUCTED IN APRIL 1999    WHICH SHOWED COMPLIANCE.  AN NOV WAS ISSUED IN JUNE 1999,    AND AT THE SUBSEQUENT POST-NOV CONFERENCE, CALUMET IDENTI-   FIED THE PROBLEM AS LEAKING BAGS IN THE COMPARTMENT THAT     WAS CHANGED OUT.  AN ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY ORDER WAS        DRAFTED, AND AS PART OF SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS, CALUMET     AGREED TO INCREASE ITS COMPARTMENT CHANGEOUT FREQUENCY AS    WELL AS PERFORM A SEP CONSISTING OF INSTALLATION AND         OPERATION OF A CONTINUOUS BAG LEAK MONITOR.

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