Steel sector, environmentalists file dueling suits over taconite rule

U.S. Steel Corp. and environmental and tribal groups have filed dueling lawsuits in separate courts over EPA’s recently tightened rule limiting mercury and other air toxics from taconite iron ore production, creating a conflict over the legal venue that will have to be decided by the courts. The steel company filed a May 3 suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. All taconite facilities affected are located in Minnesota and Michigan, within the 8th Circuit’s jurisdiction...