Steel Mills
February 25, 2017
US Steel Taking Legal Action Against Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Written by Sandy Williams
US Steel Corporation is suing the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for failing to complete the pollution permitting process for the company’s Minntac mining facility in Mt. Iron, Minn. US Steel filed a Mandamus claim which asks a judge to require MPCA to take action on a specific request.
US Steel said it has been seeking renewal of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit since 1992 and several issues related to water usage requirements and water quality standards near the Minntac tailings basin still need to be resolved by the MPCA. US Steel said if the issues are not resolved, it could require the company to “make significant and unnecessary capital investments in Minntac that could put the facility at a competitive disadvantage, threatening the future viability of the operations and the jobs employed at the operation.”
