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U.S. Steel to pay $2.2 million fine, clean up Gary pollution

Joseph S. Pete joseph.pete@nwi.com, (219) 933-3316 Updated Dec 5, 2016

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U.S. Steel's Gary Works facility is shown.  U.S. Steel must pay a $2.2 million ne and clean up pollution in Gary.

U.S. Steel will pay a ne of $2.2 million and clean up pollution in Gary, Michigan and Illinois as part of an agreement with the U.S. Justice
Department.

The Justice Department and the states of Indiana, Illinois and Michigan sued the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker in 2012 over alleged Clean Air Act
violations. U.S. Steel reached an agreement Tuesday to settle the lawsuit that was led in federal district court in the Northern District of Indiana.

As part of the consent decree, U.S. Steel agreed to remove contaminated transformers at Gary Works and repair a large opening in a metal shell
around a blast furnace to cut down on emissions at the steel mill on Lake Michigan. Such construction projects typically result in jobs for local
union tradespeople.

“I applaud the united, collaborative e ort by all parties who worked to resolve this matter and to hold accountable those responsible for polluting
the environment,” Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said. “No one should be subjected to living and working in a polluted environment.”

U. S. Steel further agreed to remove tires it dumped in Gary, and to remove and dispose PCB-contaminated lights at Gary schools, and replace
them with more modern energy-e cient lighting that isn’t toxic.

“Defendant U. S. Steel, a major global iron and steel manufacturer, has agreed to curtail signi cant pollution from its three Midwest plants,” U.S.
Justice Department Assistant Attorney General John Cruden said. “This outstanding settlement, whose results will especially bene t the three
environmental justice communities most closely a ected by defendant’s pollution, is another example of how the Department of Justice, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and our state counterparts often work hand-in-hand to enforce our federal and state clean air act laws to
protect the health and welfare of our citizens.”

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U.S. Steel also agreed to do environmental cleanups at its steel mills in Granite City, lllinois, and in Ecorse, Michigan.

“We believe it was in the best interest of the company to settle this matter and move forward with our environmental stewardship priorities,” U.S.
Steel Spokeswoman Sarah Cassella said. “It is our hope that the communities surrounding the facilities will bene t from the supplemental
environmental projects that will be completed as part of the settlement.”

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