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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR IN0000001808900316

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL LLC, East Chicago, IN: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL LLC, at 3210 WATLING ST, East Chicago in Lake County, Indiana, is an operating major source of air pollution on EPA’s ICIS-AIR register. EPA’s file records its current violation status (ICIS-AIR’s high-priority violation field) as “Unaddressed-State”. Lake County is on EPA’s Green Book list of areas that do not meet a national air quality standard. The status and classification are as EPA’s facility file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the source’s current standing, quarter by quarter.

Identity

Facility as filedCLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL LLC
ICIS-AIR IDIN0000001808900316
EPA facility registry ID110066942526
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)Unaddressed-State
Address3210 WATLING ST, East Chicago, IN 46312-1716
CountyLake County
In a nonattainment countyYes (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Primary metal manufacturing (NAICS 3311)
SIC code3312
EPA region05

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR facility file (ECHO download).

Programs and pollutants

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-AIR download does not include its program, pollutant and Title V certification files, so this page does not list the Clean Air Act programs CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL LLC is under or the pollutants it is permitted for. The programs each evaluation and violation below was recorded under are shown with it. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report lists both.

Compliance evaluations

The newest 50 of 95.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
July 21, 2026PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
July 7, 2026PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
June 24, 2026PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
June 16, 2026PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
May 27, 2026PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
March 31, 2026PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
March 31, 2026PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
March 16, 2026PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
March 10, 2026PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
March 3, 2026PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
February 25, 2026PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
October 8, 2025PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
August 15, 2025FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
July 29, 2025PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
July 10, 2025PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
June 25, 2025PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
May 22, 2025PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
March 5, 2025PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
February 26, 2025PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
February 5, 2025PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
November 12, 2024PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
May 29, 2024PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
March 12, 2024PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
February 28, 2024PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
February 7, 2024PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
February 1, 2024PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
February 1, 2024PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
November 29, 2023PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
July 19, 2023PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
June 27, 2023PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
June 13, 2023PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
May 30, 2023PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
April 27, 2023PCE On-SiteU.S. EPANational Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (40 CFR Part 61)
April 25, 2023PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
April 11, 2023PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
April 11, 2023PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
January 31, 2023PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
January 25, 2023PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
December 6, 2022PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
May 24, 2022FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
March 8, 2022PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
March 1, 2022PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
February 8, 2022PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
February 1, 2022PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
January 13, 2022PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
October 19, 2021PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
July 7, 2021PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
May 4, 2021PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
April 20, 2021PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
April 6, 2021PCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits

Violations

A high-priority violation (HPV) is the most serious class of Clean Air Act non-compliance an agency records; a federally reportable violation (FRV) is the next step down. Each row is one determination as EPA’s violation history files it.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
January 8, 2026HPV day-zero determinationStateTitle V Permits
October 10, 2025Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
July 29, 2025Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
April 29, 2025Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
January 30, 2025Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
January 30, 2025HPV day-zero determinationStateTitle V Permits
October 30, 2024Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
July 30, 2024Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
July 29, 2024HPV day-zero determinationStateTitle V Permits
April 30, 2024Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
January 30, 2024Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
October 30, 2023Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
July 28, 2023Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
May 1, 2023Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
February 1, 2023Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
November 4, 2022Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
August 1, 2022Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
May 2, 2022Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
February 1, 2022Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
January 29, 2022HPV day-zero determinationStateTitle V Permits
November 2, 2021Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
November 2, 2021Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
October 30, 2021HPV day-zero determinationStateTitle V Permits
August 2, 2021Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
August 2, 2021Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
August 1, 2021HPV day-zero determinationStateTitle V Permits
May 2, 2021Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
April 30, 2021Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
February 1, 2021Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
July 30, 2020Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
July 29, 2020HPV day-zero determinationStateTitle V Permits
July 7, 2020Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
March 30, 2020HPV day-zero determinationStateTitle V Permits
March 13, 2020Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
January 30, 2020HPV day-zero determinationStateTitle V Permits
July 31, 2019HPV day-zero determinationStateTitle V Permits
January 30, 2019HPV day-zero determinationStateTitle V Permits
March 8, 2017HPV day-zero determinationStateNew Source Performance Standards

Enforcement and penalties

10 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 10 of them with a penalty filed above zero. Each penalty is shown as EPA’s formal action file states it; “Not stated” means the file gives no figure, and $0 is a disclosed zero.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPenalty, as filed
May 7, 2026Administrative OrderState$131,800
April 25, 2025Administrative OrderState$5,000
December 2, 2024Administrative OrderState$7,000
August 6, 2024Administrative OrderState$34,800
May 13, 2024Administrative OrderState$23,000
January 10, 2024Administrative OrderState$66,200
November 27, 2023Administrative OrderState$26,200
July 5, 2023Administrative OrderState$37,400
April 1, 2020Civil Judicial ActionU.S. EPA$5,002,158
October 6, 2017Administrative OrderState$7,000

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
April 17, 2026Notice of ViolationState
April 21, 2025Notice of ViolationState
November 4, 2024Notice of ViolationState
July 25, 2024Notice of ViolationState
April 12, 2024Notice of ViolationState
November 1, 2023Notice of ViolationState
September 20, 2023Notice of ViolationState
May 24, 2023Notice of ViolationState
March 21, 2019Notice of ViolationU.S. EPA
August 18, 2017Notice of ViolationState

Stack tests

The newest 50 of 107.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
April 7, 2026PassState
April 7, 2026PassState
April 7, 2026PassState
February 18, 2026PassState
February 18, 2026PassState
February 5, 2026PassState
February 5, 2026PassState
August 28, 2025PassState
August 28, 2025PassState
August 28, 2025FailState
October 18, 2024PassState
October 18, 2024PassState
October 18, 2024PassState
October 18, 2024PassState
October 15, 2024PassState
October 8, 2024PassState
October 8, 2024PassState
October 8, 2024PassState
October 8, 2024PassState
October 8, 2024PassState
May 9, 2024PassState
February 28, 2024PassState
November 2, 2023PassState
September 22, 2023PassState
September 22, 2023PassState
September 14, 2023FailState
September 14, 2023PassState
September 14, 2023PassState
September 14, 2023PassState
September 14, 2023PassState
September 14, 2023PassState
September 14, 2023PassState
September 14, 2023PassState
September 14, 2023PassState
March 23, 2023PassState
October 28, 2022PassState
June 28, 2022PassState
June 28, 2022PassState
June 28, 2022PassState
June 28, 2022PassState
May 18, 2022PassState
May 18, 2022PassState
May 18, 2022PassState
May 18, 2022PassState
April 21, 2022PassState
April 12, 2022PassState
April 12, 2022PassState
April 12, 2022PassState
April 12, 2022PassState
December 2, 2021PassState

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR evaluation, violation, stack test and enforcement files (ECHO download), events dated January 1, 2017 or later as loaded; up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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What this page shows

This page covers the Clean Air Act stationary source record for CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL LLC, East Chicago, IN, in the Velarion Records public-records register. The page lists 95 compliance evaluations, 12 high-priority violations and 10 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017. The record shows Operating status, Major source emissions classification and Unaddressed-State current violation status.