US Steel Agrees to Spend Millions to Settle Lawsuit Over Air Pollution Violations After 2018 Fire

US Steel Agrees to Spend Millions to Settle Lawsuit Over Air Pollution Violations After 2018 Fire
A worker leaves U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Braddock, Pa. on March 10, 2018. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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HARRISBURG, Pa.—U.S. Steel has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Pittsburgh-based company of violating federal clean air laws by operating plants without its desulfurization controls for more than three months, emitting clouds of sulfurous gas into surrounding towns.

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.