Steel Mills
November 5, 2013
Nucor Challenges Big River Steel Air Permit
Written by Sandy Williams
Nucor Steel has filed an objection to the air quality permit issued to Big River Steel in an effort to block construction of the $1.1 billion mill. The challenge to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality decision will push back the ground breaking for the new steel mill to the first quarter of 2014. Big River had anticipated beginning construction this year.
In its 697-page document outlining its objections to the permit, Nucor claimed the ADEQ could not have had sufficient time to properly analyze the application and the technical review.
