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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Northshore Mining Company
Current Parent Company: Cleveland-Cliffs
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Penalty: $8,938
Year: 2021
Date: April 29, 2021
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Industrial Wastewater - A lack of proper maintenance and monitoring of a tailings basin (or holding pond) resulted in about 20,000 gallons of industrial wastewater flowing onto the ground.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Minnesota
Facility City: Silver Bay
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Ohio
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: mining and minerals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: mining
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.