U.S. Steel to reimburse agencies for April 2017 spill

摘要

U.S. Steel Corp. has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty and reimburse federal agencies for an April 2017 spill of wastewater containing the toxic compound hexavalent chromium.rnThe spill, which entered a waterway leading to Lake Michigan, forced the National Park Service to close beaches along Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. U.S. Steel has agreed to pay the service, U.S. EPA and NOAA for associated costs and damages.rn"We are pleased that U. S. Steel has agreed to take the appropriate measures to protect and restore the waterways that were harmed by its spill that occurred in April 2017," U.S. Attorney Thomas Kirsch II for the Northern District of Indiana said in a statement. "This settlement is a win for the people of Indiana, and we are happy to have worked with our state and federal partners to achieve this result."