The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has extended the comment period deadline for U.S. Steel Corporation’s closure plan for its Hazardous Waste Disposal Unit No. 5 (HWD-5) to July 25.

IDEM is reviewing the closure plan submitted by U.S. Steel in compliance with state and federal hazardous waste regulations for clsoure of HWD-5 on the west side of U.S. Steel at Gary Works at 1 N. Broadway.

Public comments about the closure plan must be submitted to IDEM via mail by Saturday, July 25.

If the public wishes to hand-deliver comments, they must be submitted by 5 p.m. Eastern on Friday, July 24.

The address is Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Hazardous Waste Permits Section, MC 66-20 Room IGCN1101, 100 N. Senate Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46204-2251.

The public is encouraged to review the closure plan and can find electronic copies at http://12.186.81.89/Pages/Member/View.aspx?Docid=33638201

IDEM will consider all public comments before issuing a final decision concerning the closure plan for HWD-5.

IDEM will be holding a public comment period in the future concerning the closure of neutralized acid waste lagoons, which is a separate hazardous waste management unit identified as HWT-2. U.S. Steel is expected to submit a revised closure plan for HWT-2, at which time IDEM will make it available for review and comment.

Posted 6/18/2009