Public Notice

NOTICE
DATE OF THIS NOTICE: 4/18/2025
PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE: The US Environmental Protection Agency is announcing its proposed remedy of the implementation of institutional and environmental controls under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (RCRA), for Mingo Junction Steel Works (MJSW) Corrective Action Areas (CAA) VIM and VIIM in Weirton, WV.
Summary of Proposed Action: RCRA Corrective Action – Cleanup Proposal
FACILITY DESCRIPTION: The areas that are the subject of this Statement of Basis, CAAS VIM and VIIM, occupy approximately 282 acres within the central portion of the Cleveland-Cliffs Weirton LLC Facility (EPA ID# WVD000068908), in an area no longer used for steel manufacturing. The primary activities in CAA VIM have included iron-making and related support operations, power and steam generation, the central machine shop, and trucking operations. The primary activities in CAA VIIM included steel making and related support operations. The primary contaminants of concern at both areas are volatile organic compounds, semi-volatile organic compounds, polychlorinated biphenyls, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and heavy metals. The remedy consists of groundwater remediation via monitored natural attenuation (MNA), and compliance with soil and land use restrictions.
INFORMATION AVAILABILITY: Information regarding EPA’s proposed Final Remedy is available on EPA’s website at:
https://www.epa.gov/
system/files/documents/
2025-04/mingo-junction-
steel-works-sb-for-parcel-v
im-and-viim.pdf
More information about the MJSW and the surrounding Cleveland Cliffs Weirton LCC Facility can be found at the link here:
https://www.epa.gov/
hwcorrectiveactioncleanups/
epa-rcra-id-wvd000068908
The Administrative Record, which contains all the information considered in EPA’s proposed remedy, is available at U.S. EPA Mid-Atlantic Region, Mail Code: 3LD10, 1600 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA. 19103. For additional information, contact: Project Manager, Caitlin Elverson at Phone: 215-814-5455 or Email:
[email protected].
COMMENT PROCESS: Persons to comment on EPA’s proposed decision must submit comments to EPA within the 30-day comment period ending 5/19/2025. Interested persons may also request a public hearing on this proposed remedy. All comments and/or requests for a hearing must be submitted in writing via mail, fax, or email to the EPA Project Manager, Caitlin Elverson, as listed above, and must be received prior to 5/19/2025. All comments will be considered in making a final decision.
FINAL DECISION: EPA will make a final decision after considering all comments, consistent with applicable RCRA requirements and regulations. If the remedy is substantially unchanged from the one in this notice, EPA will issue a final decision and inform all persons who submitted written comments or requested notice of EPA’s final determination. If the remedy is significantly different from the one proposed, EPA will issue a public notice explaining the new remedy and will reopen the comment period.
WDT Apr 18, 25, 2025