Templeton and Weinstock on U.S. Steel: A "Confusing Managerial Picture"

Attorneys raise questions about management at U.S. Steel's Portage plant

U.S. Steel sought the provisional certificate after a former operator was removed from the chrome treatment plant in Portage and assigned to other duties following an October leak, documents show.

Documents also show the new operator signed an October monthly operating report Nov. 21, six days before he was issued a provisional certificate.

Mark Templeton and Robert Weinstock, attorneys at the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School, said the timing raises questions.

"We see a confusing managerial picture in a place where they clearly need to improve the management of their wastewater treatment plant," Weinstock said.

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