Bethlehem's bind in Johnstown.

UNITED States; JOHNSTOWN (Cambria County, Pa.); PENNSYLVANIA

BETHLEHEM Steel Corp.; UNITED States. Environmental Protection Agency

The article reports on the demand of Bethlehem Steel Corp. that unless the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gives Bethlehem a two-year moratorium on mandated air pollution clean-up requirements, the entire steel production end of the plan will be closed permanently in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The company is saying that it cannot meet the clean air standards and also pay for flood repair and restoration. It notes that the White House seems to favor granting the company's moratorium.