RG Steel Sued for Alleged Environmental Violations
01/10/2013 - Just three months before RG Steel's bankruptcy and liquidation, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to collect civil penalties from the company for multiple alleged environmental infractions, according to the Weirton Daily Times.
Just three months before RG Steel's bankruptcy and liquidation, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to collect civil penalties from the company for multiple alleged environmental infractions, according to the Weirton Daily Times.
The federal complaint - filed in U.S. District Court in Wheeling in February - shows the government seeks to collect as much as $32,500 per day for each alleged violation of the Clean Air Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act during operations at the Mountain State Carbon coke plant in Follansbee, as well as at the now-closed Mingo Junction and Steubenville facilities.
Because the Mountain State Carbon facility is a 50-50 venture between RG and Severstal North America, both of these defendants are represented in federal court by attorney Kenneth Komoroski. In answering the government's complaint last week, Komoroski states that RG "no longer owns or operates the Mingo Junction and Steubenville facility and no longer operates the Mountain State Carbon facility…"
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