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The city said the required monthly sample of total organic carbon in drinking water was not reported to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management because of a shipping error.

A company hoping to build a controversial coal-to-diesel plant has asked for more time before starting construction. Residents and activists hope the state will look closely at the company’s plan before approving the extension.

For more than two decades, residents near a waste oil recycling and wastewater treatment facility in Indianapolis have had issues with frequent headaches, hives, irritated lungs and odor.

A state environmental agency said U.S. Steel violated its permit when it released excess iron into a Lake Michigan waterway last month, causing it to turn a rusty color.

The U.S. Steel plant in Portage has had another spill into a Lake Michigan waterway — the second one in less than two weeks. A sheen was discovered in the Burns Waterway on Thursday.