# REPUBLIC STEEL - CD
> **Judicial** · FY2022 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3602946342`
- **Case Number:** 05-2022-5003
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- REPUBLIC STEEL (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

U.S. EPA conducted an inspection of the Republic Steel- Canton Facility (the  Facility ) on September 20, 2021.  Inspectors observed leaks at the system generating vacuum and providing control for lead emissions at the Flexcast Vacuum Tank Degasser ( VTD ).  The inspectors were not able to observe casting operations due to equipment issues at the Flexcast VTD area. Republic Steel explained that when these recurring equipment issues occur, Republic Steel degases lead in the Flexcast VTD.  

Following the inspection, a Section 114 Information Request (the  Request ) was issued to the facility on October 14, 2021. Based on concerns gathered from the inspection and information from the Request, a Notice of Violation was issued to the facility on November 3, 2021. This case was then referred to resolve the violations through a Consent Decree. 

The proposed Consent Decree addresses the alleged violations by Republic Steel for its failure to comply with Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act (the ?CAA? or the ?Act?), 42 U.S.C. ? 7413(b), at its steel production facility in Canton, Ohio.  More specifically, the Complaint alleges that Republic Steel violated three requirements under a Permit to Install (?PTI?) issued by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (?Ohio EPA?) on December 10, 2004, pursuant to federally-enforceable provisions of the Ohio State Implementation Plan: (1) failure to comply with lead emission limits for the Facility?s Flexcast Vacuum Tank Degasser when it pe

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