PITTSBURGH, April 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, United
States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) issued the following statement
regarding the process release at U. S. Steel's Midwest Plant in
Portage, Ind., on April 11 and subsequent facility restart.
The company's statement follows:
"The controlled, phased and highly monitored restart at our
Midwest Plant, which began on Friday, April
14, is now complete. At present, we have encountered
no additional issues. All water sampling and visual
inspections performed during the restart process at and around the
outfall where the process release occurred, within Lake Michigan, including the public water
intake, and adjacent shorelines have shown no elevated hexavalent
chromium levels."
"We take all incidents very seriously and are fully committed to
investigating additional corrective actions we can take to prevent
a future occurrence. We remain committed to protecting the
environment, to the communities in which we operate and to the
safety of our employees."
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SOURCE United States Steel Corporation