Groups sue over steel plant’s air emissions permit

Published July 21, 2014 9:32pm ET



TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A state agency’s decision to revise a Detroit-area steel plant’s air quality permit will allow the facility to continue emitting too much pollution, environmental organizations said Monday in a lawsuit.

The Sierra Club and several other groups are challenging the May ruling by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, which changed the permit for a Dearborn plant owned by Severstal. The Russian company announced Monday it is selling the plant to AK Steel of West Chester, Ohio.

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