Sharon Steel Corp. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The Sbaron Steel Corporation (Sbaron) operates a basic steel producing facility located at Farrell, Pennsylvania. In order to discharge waste water into the nearby Shenango River, Sharon applied for and received a number of industrial waste permits from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (DER), which is authorized to issue such permits under The Clean Streams Law.1 Three such permits were issued in the period between March 1972 and August 1973, each containing limitations as to the amounts and types of industrial wastes that could be discharged into…