Steel mill sorry for spill that killed fish, closed beaches

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Steel mill sorry for spill that killed fish, closed beaches

August 17, 2019

PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — A steel company apologized for a spill of cyanide and ammonia that led to a fish kill and prompted the closure of beaches along Lake Michigan.

ArcelorMittal issued a statement Friday night saying it “apologizes and accepts responsibility for the incident from the Burns Harbor facility.”

The National Park Service closed the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk beach areas at Indiana Dunes National Park and waters out to 300 feet (91 meters). The nearby city of Ogden Dunes also closed its beach. The fish kill occurred near a yacht club and marina in Portage, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Chicago

ArcelorMittal said the spill resulted after its Burns Harbor mill “experienced a failure at the blast furnace water recirculation system. This isolated event resulted in the release of wastewater containing elevated levels of ammonia and cyanide.”

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The statement did not say when the spill occurred, but Portage Mayor John Cannon told The (Northwest Indiana) Times that the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and others learned of it Monday.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/f365b8cbffa4406cb8cf126c4cbfc699

[Permanut]

1. Thanks for posting..

Interesting that there are no names associated with the apology, and no acknowledgement of responsibility for the failure of the equipment, or the failure of company management to prevent incidents like this. Corporate double talk and word salad at its finest.

[mr_lebowski]

2. Seems weird, right? I mean, how is IQ45 going to know who to give the Medal of Freedom to? (nt)

[defacto7]

3. An apology. That's special.

Fuck the planet but such good manners is so special.