PORTAGE, Ind. — A United States Steel Corp. plant in Portage, Indiana, has temporarily been idled after a discharge is believed to have leaked from the plant into water that feeds into Lake Michigan.
A rusty-colored liquid leaked from the U.S. Steel Portage plant and was discovered in the Burns Ditch waterway at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Park Service.
U.S. Steel said the discharge had been caused by a condition at the finishing line wastewater treatment plant and that the plant had been shut down temporarily as a precaution.
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