The company agreed to $2.7 million in fines and pollution upgrades estimated to cost $200 million. The deal does not affect lawsuit over pollution from Dec. 24 fire.
The group is growing 9,000 plants to make natural dyes for fabric that is grown, woven and dyed in Cleveland. Their project marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River Fire.
The vote will not impact the majority of the eight member states, including Pennsylvania, that had already adopted the Ohio River standards. Ohio and Illinois have not.
The $300,000 fine is for violations at the Clairton Coke Works during the first quarter of 2019. U.S. Steel has been fined a total of $2.6 million in the last year.
Nearly one million species could disappear due to human activity. Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Elizabeth Kolbert helps us understand what we'll lose.
