| U.S. Steel to pay
$400,000 to settle air, water violations at Ohio plant Sept. 22 -- United States Steel Corp. will pay nearly $400,000 to settle alleged clean air and clean water violations at its Lorain, Ohio, steel plant. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Ohio reached an agreement with the company. Under the consent decree, U.S. Steel will pay a $100,025 fine and spend $294,000 on an environmental project. The Lorain plant allegedly failed to comply with particulate matter limits and discharged pollutants in violations of its effluent discharge permit, which the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency issued. The environmental project includes removing and disposing of electrical transformers containing polychlorinated biphenyls and installing replacements.
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