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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR IN0000001814700041

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL CORPORATION, ROCKPORT WORKS, Rockport, IN: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL CORPORATION, ROCKPORT WORKS, at 6500 US HWY 231 N, Rockport in Spencer 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 “No Violation Identified”. Spencer 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 CORPORATION, ROCKPORT WORKS
ICIS-AIR IDIN0000001814700041
EPA facility registry ID110000592788
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)No Violation Identified
Address6500 US HWY 231 N, Rockport, IN 47635-9061
CountySpencer 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 CORPORATION, ROCKPORT WORKS 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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
May 19, 2025FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
December 1, 2022FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
July 19, 2022PCE On-SiteU.S. EPAHazardous Air Pollutants
August 2, 2021FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
September 18, 2019FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
May 23, 2018FCE On-SiteStateTitle V Permits
September 14, 2017FCE 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
September 18, 2019Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits
June 26, 2019Earliest FRV determinationStateTitle V Permits

Enforcement and penalties

2 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 2 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
January 22, 2021Administrative OrderState$32,813
March 8, 2018Administrative OrderState$44,800

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 15, 2024Notice of ViolationU.S. EPA
December 4, 2020Notice of ViolationState
January 18, 2018Notice of ViolationState

Stack tests

The newest 50 of 70.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 5, 2025PassState
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November 13, 2024PassState
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December 9, 2019PassState
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January 15, 2019PassState
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January 15, 2019PassState
January 10, 2019PassState
January 10, 2019PassState

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 compliance record for CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL CORPORATION, ROCKPORT WORKS, an operating major source on EPA's ICIS-AIR register in Rockport, IN. It lists 7 compliance evaluations, 0 high-priority violations, and 2 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017. The current violation status is listed as No Violation Identified.