OTHER NEWS - Sept. 11, 1992

Steelmaker to Pay $2-Million Penalty: Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. agreed to pay a $2-million civil penalty to settle charges that the company violated pollution standards under the Clean Water Act, the U.S. attorney said. The federal prosecutor’s office filed the charges in 1990 on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency, alleging that the company discharged excessive pollutants into the Monongahela River from an Allenport steel mill. The pollutants included iron, naphthalene, tetrachloroethylene, oil and grease, the prosecutor’s office said. In addition to the civil penalty, the agreement, known as a consent decree, calls for Wheeling-Pittsburgh to conduct annual audits to ensure its compliance with the decree and applicable discharge permits.