The settlement with environmental groups Clean Air Council and PennEnvironment and the Allegheny County Health Department was filed in federal court Monday for a judge to review, the groups said.
PennEnvironment and the other plaintiffs accused the steel producer of more than 12,000 violations of its air pollution permits.
The rest is a $5 million penalty that U.S. Steel agreed to pay to fund clean air efforts.
It is one of the largest-ever fines nationally in a citizen-enforced lawsuit under federal clean air laws, Clean Air Council and PennEnvironment said.
___This story has been corrected to show the number of alleged air pollution permit violations is more than 12,000, instead of more than 1,200.
Persons:
PennEnvironment, polluters, David Masur, ”, Kurt Barshick, U.S . Steel
Organizations:
—, Steel, Clean Air Council, PennEnvironment, Allegheny County Health Department, U.S . Steel, Valley Works, U.S, U.S .
Locations:
HARRISBURG, Pa, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, U.S