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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: U. S. Steel Corporation
Current Parent Company: United States Steel
Penalty: $601,242
Year: 2021
Date: September 2, 2021
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: water pollution violation
Violation Description: The EPA, together with the State of Indiana, announced that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana had approved the revised consent decree requiring U. S. Steel Corporation to address alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and other federal and Indiana laws by undertaking substantial measures to improve wastewater treatment and monitoring systems at its steel manufacturing and finishing facility in Portage (known as its Midwest Plant) and to strengthen and broaden U.S. Steel's public and stakeholder notification procedures in the event of a spill or release to ground, soil or water.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Indiana
Facility City: Portage
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Pennsylvania
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: metals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: steel
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.