EPA, EES Coke Battery are $135 million apart on Clean Air Act penalties as Zug Island pollution trial ends

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- EES Coke Battery produces coke, a raw material in the steelmaking process. The EPA requested that EES Coke Battery pay a $140 million civil penalty and begin operating with full desulfurization technology within three years. EES Coke Battery produces coke, a raw material in the steelmaking process. EPA lawyer on Zug Island pollution: ‘They buried their heads in the sand’The U.S. government seeks to bring EES Coke Battery back into compliance and secure a penalty, Benson said Monday. Chan School of Public Health, said the social cost of pollution from EES Coke Battery from 2019-2022 totals $1 billion.