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Company: Hibbing Taconite Co.
Current Parent CompanyCleveland-Cliffs
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Penalty: $8,600
Year: 2021
Date: March 26, 2021
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Industrial Wastewater - While performing work at the company's Hibbing facility in the summer/fall of 2020, a third-party contractor allowed multiple discharges of tailings, sediment, and sediment-laden stormwater into area wetlands. This caused pollution throughout the wetlands, putting them and aquatic life at risk.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Minnesota
Facility City: Hibbing
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Ohio
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: mining and minerals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: mining
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