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| <element name="StockholdersEquityExcludingPortionAttributableToSubsidiariesNoncontrollingInterestAbstract" id="ck0000790528_StockholdersEquityExcludingPortionAttributableToSubsidiariesNoncontrollingInterestAbstract" type="xbrli:stringItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element name="SummaryOfAccountingAndFinancialPoliciesLineItems" id="ck0000790528_SummaryOfAccountingAndFinancialPoliciesLineItems" type="xbrli:stringItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element name="SummaryOfAccountingAndFinancialPoliciesTable" id="ck0000790528_SummaryOfAccountingAndFinancialPoliciesTable" type="xbrli:stringItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrldt:hypercubeItem"/> |
| <element name="SupplementalFinancialInformationLineItems" id="ck0000790528_SupplementalFinancialInformationLineItems" type="xbrli:stringItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element name="SupplementalFinancialInformationTable" id="ck0000790528_SupplementalFinancialInformationTable" type="xbrli:stringItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrldt:hypercubeItem"/> |
| <element name="TargetRangesAndAllocationsMember" id="ck0000790528_TargetRangesAndAllocationsMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element name="TenancyAndOtherCostsMember" id="ck0000790528_TenancyAndOtherCostsMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element name="TenantRelationshipsMember" id="ck0000790528_TenantRelationshipsMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element name="TurretSteelMember" id="ck0000790528_TurretSteelMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element name="TwelvePercentSecuredNotesDueTwoThousandFifteenMember" id="ck0000790528_TwelvePercentSecuredNotesDueTwoThousandFifteenMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element name="TwentyFourteenAndTwentyFifteenNotesMember" id="ck0000790528_TwentyFourteenAndTwentyFifteenNotesMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element name="TwentySeventeenAndTwentyEighteenNotesMember" id="ck0000790528_TwentySeventeenAndTwentyEighteenNotesMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element name="TwoThousandAndElevenRestructuringPlanMember" id="ck0000790528_TwoThousandAndElevenRestructuringPlanMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element name="UnitedStatesLargeCapitalMember" id="ck0000790528_UnitedStatesLargeCapitalMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element name="UnitedStatesSmallMidCapitalMember" id="ck0000790528_UnitedStatesSmallMidCapitalMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element name="UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromSettlementsAndLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations" id="ck0000790528_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromSettlementsAndLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" xbrli:balance="debit" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| </schema> |