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BREAKING: ACHD Slaps U.S. Steel with $307K Fine for Air Quality Violations From 2nd Quarter of '22
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) issued $307,800 in stipulated penalties against U.S. Steel for air quality violations that...
Mar 15, 20231 min read
Health Department Launches H2S Dashboard Following Recent Calls from GASP to Ramp Up Transparency
Allegheny County Health Department on Tuesday announced it has launched a new dashboard dedicated to tracking hydrogen sulfide - a move...
Mar 14, 20233 min read
LIMITED (FREE) OPPORTUNITY | Attend Smoke School; Get the Same Training as the Health Inspectors
Even those of us who don’t live nearby to - or downwind of - an industrial source of air pollution like the Clairton Coke Works have at...
Mar 1, 20232 min read
Act Now or Forever Hold Your Breath: Tell the EPA to Adopt Stronger PM2.5 Standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in January recommended strengthening the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for...
Feb 27, 20236 min read
Rotten Egg Stench & Poor Air Quality Return to Mon Valley
Local residents took to CMU CREATE Lab’s Smell PGH app Monday morning to sound off about poor air quality and its associated stench,...
Feb 20, 20232 min read
U.S. Steel, ACHD Trade Barbs Over Coke Oven Enforcement Procedures; GASP: As They Bicker We Suffer
The Allegheny County Health Department and U.S. Steel traded barbs over the past few weeks in legal filings addressing evidentiary issues...
Feb 17, 20231 min read
Health Department to Residents: Data Shows E. Palestine Emissions Not Impacting Local Air Quality
The Allegheny County Health Department on Thursday issued a public update on its website and social media channels telling residents that...
Feb 16, 20232 min read
#ICYMI: EPA Orders Neville Scrapper to Reduce Emissions, Limit Hours Following Years of Complaints
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently ordered a Neville Island-based metal scrap facility that’s long been the subject...
Feb 16, 20232 min read
PA Affordable Housing, PPG Paints Arena & Others Subject to Air Quality Enforcement Action, Fines
At GASP, we hope to be your eyes and ears when it comes to all things air quality. And we think it’s especially important to spotlight...
Feb 9, 20233 min read
UPDATED: U.S. Steel Appeal of Clairton Coke Works Title V Operating Permit Dismissed
Editor's Note: An Allegheny County Health Department hearing officer on Sept. 4 issued an order to dismiss U.S. Steel's appeal. You can...
Jan 27, 20231 min read
The U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Emissions Consent Decree Explained
As GASP reported Monday, like it or not, U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson facility is now subject to the terms of a court-approved consent...
Jan 26, 20236 min read
U.S. Steel Emissions Settlement Finalized; Public Comments Provide “No Basis" for Altering Decree
A federal district court judge has approved a long-awaited consent decree that settles years of air quality violations at U.S. Steel’s...
Jan 23, 20233 min read
U.S. Steel Files Petition Over Air Quality Enforcement, GASP Submits Records Request for More Info
U.S. Steel on Tuesday filed a petition regarding Allegheny County Health Department's air quality enforcement procedures that led to a...
Jan 20, 20231 min read
UPDATED: Appeal in Churchill Asbestos Matter DISMISSED, $1M Fine Due in 30 Days; GASP Lauds Ruling
UPDATE (Feb. 9, 2022): This case has been appealed to the Pennsylvania Commonweatlth Court. You can read the notice of appeal here. An...
Jan 19, 20234 min read
GASP Blasts Health Dept Over Lack of Transparency Regarding Clean Air Fund Ask; BOH Rejects Proposal
The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) on Wednesday sounded the alarm to the Allegheny County Board of Health about a trend that’s...
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Announces Stipulated Penalties Against U.S. Steel for 1st Quarter of 2022
The Allegheny County Health Department announced Friday that it has issued $458,225 in stipulated penalties against U.S. Steel for...
Dec 2, 20221 min read
GASP & Citizen Smoke Readers File Air Quality Complaints Over Emissions from Clairton Coke Works
Did you know that GASP assists residents in getting certified as citizen smoke readers to make observations of those worrisome...
Nov 29, 20222 min read
Air Pollution, Stench Pummels Mon Valley Over Holiday Period
Last week was one of excess for those in and around the Mon Valley, but not for the Thanksgiving-related reasons you might think: sadly,...
Nov 28, 20223 min read
UPDATED: Unhealthy Air Quality Returns to Mon Valley with More of the Same Expected Thursday
UPDATE #2 (4:31 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22): The state Department of Environmental Protection on Wednesday afternoon declared Thursday, Nov....
Nov 23, 20223 min read
Erie Coke Corp. & Officer Indicted for Violating Clean Air Act, Tampering with Emissions Controls
The now-shuttered Erie Coke Corp. and one of its corporate officers have been indicted by a federal grand jury for violations of the...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
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