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Gov't, US Steel reach consent decree over chemical spill

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — U.S. Steel will pay a $600,000 civil penalty and $630,000 to reimburse various federal agencies for costs and damages after one of its plants discharged wastewater containing a potentially carcinogenic chemical into a tributary of Lake Michigan, federal and state officials said Monday. The U.S. Justice Department said those terms are contained in a consent decree filed Monday in federal court in which U.S.

 

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