Steel company US Steel was fined $ 8.5 million for air pollution
Corporation, US Steel agreed to pay 8.5 million dollars as a settlement of a class action suit in 2017, which is the second largest metallurgical company is accused of negligence related to the emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere at the coke plant in Clarcona.
In accordance with the settlement agreement, US Steel must spend at least 6.5 million dollars in reduced emissions of soot and harmful gases in the coke plant, located 30 miles South of Pittsburgh.
the Remaining $ 2 million will go to compensate the residents of the district and pay for their lawyers.
After this decision, against the company was filed additional claims from citizens of Clarcona, including charges of US Steel of violating laws on clean air after a fire in December 2018 damaged equipment for pollution control.
Earlier this year, US Steel announced that it would invest more than $ 1 billion in modernisation of production facilities in Pennsylvania.
the company promised to build a new cogeneration plant at the factory in Clairtone, which will be equipped with an emission control system, and will be able to convert part of the produced coke oven gas there into electricity to power other units of coke.