U. S. Steel Consent Decree for Clairton Plant Incidents Authorized by Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice
27 March 2024 - 1:12AM
Business Wire
The Consent Decree between U. S. Steel’s Mon
Valley Works – Clairton Plant, Allegheny County Health Department,
Clean Air Council, and PennEnvironment includes local community
support and facility upgrades.
United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) has received
authorization for its multi-million-dollar Consent Decree from the
United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the
United States Department of Justice (DOJ). The January 2024 Consent
Decree with the Allegheny County Health Department, Clean Air
Council, and PennEnvironment addressed the Clairton Plant fire in
2018, and power outages at the Plant in 2019 and 2022. Final
approval by the Federal District Court for the Western District of
Pennsylvania is pending. We regret that these accidental incidents
occurred and believe this Consent Decree will allow us to move
forward with the promised updates to our facilities, and our
commitment to communities in the Mon Valley.
Under the Consent Decree, U. S. Steel agrees to:
- Contribute $4.5 million to projects supporting public health
and welfare and/or air quality improvement in the Mon Valley.
Project funds will be managed and distributed by the Jefferson
Regional Foundation and Allegheny County Department of Economic
Development.
- Invest approximately $19.5 million in upgrades to coke oven gas
cleaning facilities.
- Cover part of the litigation costs for PennEnvironment and
Clean Air Council.
- Pay $500,000 to the Allegheny County Clean Air Fund.
- Permanently idle Battery #15 at Mon Valley Works - Clairton
Plant, which has been on hot idle. The permanent idle will take
place without job reductions. This permanent idling may lead to
additional emissions reductions.
- U. S. Steel also agreed to a lower hydrogen sulfide limit in
coke oven gas and other environmentally beneficial changes to
facilities at the Clairton Plant.
- After the December 2018 accident at the Clairton Plant, U. S.
Steel invested approximately $17.5 million in process improvements
and upgrades, not required by this agreement, which is acknowledged
in the Consent Decree.
Click here for additional details on the Consent Decree.
The Consent Decree was filed in Federal District Court for the
Western District of Pennsylvania on January 29, 2024, and was
subject to a 45-day review period by U.S. EPA and DOJ. On March 20,
2024, DOJ issued a letter stating that they had no objections to
the Consent Decree.
Founded in 1901, United States Steel Corporation is a leading
steel producer. With an unwavering focus on safety, the Company’s
customer-centric Best for All® strategy is advancing a more secure,
sustainable future for U. S. Steel and its stakeholders. With a
renewed emphasis on innovation, U. S. Steel serves the automotive,
construction, appliance, energy, containers, and packaging
industries with high value-added steel products such as U. S.
Steel’s proprietary XG3™ advanced high-strength steel. The Company
also maintains competitively advantaged iron ore production and has
an annual raw steelmaking capability of 22.4 million net tons. U.
S. Steel is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with
world-class operations across the United States and in Central
Europe. For more information, please visit www.ussteel.com.
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