More legal setbacks for U.S. Steel and Minntac
Marshall Helmberger REGIONAL— U.S. Steel’s legal options for avoiding regulation of sulfate pollution the company discharges from its Minntac tailings basin may have finally been exhausted following a decision issued Monday by the Minnesota Court of Appeals. In it, the appellate court found that U.S. Steel has no right to a variance from the 357 milligrams per liter (mg/l) sulfate limit established in a 2018 water discharge permit issued by the state’s Pollution Control Agency, nor does the company have a basis for seeking a contested case hearing over the sulfate limit. That would appe...