Shell has agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations that it polluted the air around its massive new petrochemical refinery in western Pennsylvania.
FILE - Construction is under way on Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex and ethylene cracker plant on May 12, 2020, in Potter Township, Pa. The administration of Gov. Josh Shapiro announced the penalty Wednesday, May 24, 2023.
Shell acknowledged that the plant, located along the Ohio River about 30 miles outside of Pittsburgh, violated air emissions limits, officials said. The multibillion-dollar facility The plant uses ethane from a vast shale gas reservoir underneath Pennsylvania and surrounding states to make polyethylene, a plastic used in everything from consumer and food packaging to tires. At full capacity, the plant is expected to produce 3.5 billion pounds of polyethylene annually. Shell had projected to spend $6 billion on the refinery, which took years to build.
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