Nov. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation granting two years of regulatory relief from a stringent, existing Environmental Protection Agency on coke over facilities.
rump inked a proclamation Friday that exempts manufacturing facilities from Biden-era regulatory updates to the Clean Air Act that affect coal in steelmaking plants known as coke ovens.
The Coke Oven Rule, according to the White House, "places severe burdens on the coke production industry and, through its indirect effects, on the viability of our nation's critical infrastructure, defense, and national security."
A coke oven is a chamber in which coal is flamed to produce coke, which then fuels steelmaking. The Biden EPA estimated compliance cost would cost companies about$500,000 in additional fees.
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