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Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Air Quality Monitors on the Move, but Costs & Benefits Remain Unclear
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) Tuesday announced its intention to relocate the Air Quality Program’s primary air pollution...
Apr 7, 20223 min read
Allegheny County Health Dept. Announces Approval of Re-Submitted Mon Valley Air Pollution Episiode P
The Allegheny County Health Department has reviewed and approved six amended air emissions mitigation plans for those sources which were...
Apr 1, 20222 min read
ACHD Issues Fine for Open Burning, Orders Renovations at Brewery to Cease & Issues Warning to S
The $4.6 million fine Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) issued against U.S. Steel for more than 800 air quality violations last...
Mar 29, 20224 min read
BREAKING: U.S. Steel Fined $4.6 Million for 831 Uncontrolled Push Violations at Clairton Coke Works,
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Thursday announced in a press release that it has imposed more than $4.5 million in...
Mar 24, 20224 min read
Public Comments Sought for PA’s New Environmental Justice Policy
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is releasing a draft Environmental Justice Public Participation Policy that...
Mar 21, 20222 min read
Good News! Environmental Quality Board Approves Regs to Reduce Emissions from Oil & Gas Industr
We have some *good* news to report for once! Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board has approved new regulations aimed at controlling...
Mar 17, 20221 min read
EPA Finalizes Its “Clean Data” Determination for 2012 Annual PM2.5 Standard for Allegheny County
In Wednesday’s Federal Register, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its finalized determination that Allegheny...
Mar 17, 20221 min read
Air Quality Exceedances Abound This Week at Allegheny County Health Department’s Liberty Monitor
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) Tuesday morning issued a Mon Valley Air Pollution Warning for Tuesday and all of Wednesday....
Mar 15, 20222 min read
<UPDATED> Allegheny Co. Health Department Issues Mon Valley Air Pollution Warning for Tuesday
The Liberty-Clairton area woke up to unhealthy air quality again Tuesday, with EPA’s NowCast AQI soaring to 183 and hourly monitor data...
Mar 15, 20222 min read
New Turbines to Significantly Reduce Potential Emissions from Greene County Compressor Station
We blogged earlier this month about the installation of new equipment at the J.B Tonkin Compressor Station in Murrysville, Westmoreland...
Mar 14, 20221 min read
How Are U.S. Steel’s Air Quality Fines Spent? The Lion’s Share Goes to a Community Benefit Trust
The nearly $1 million in stipulated penalties the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) issued recently to U.S. Steel for air quality...
Mar 11, 20225 min read
UPDATED: Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Issues $1.8 Million Fine Against U.S. Steel for H2S Emissions
Editor’s Note: The Allegheny County Health Department issued the following news release Monday morning. The release followed GASP’s...
Mar 7, 20223 min read
<UPDATED> No More Excuses for U.S. Steel: ACHD Finds Clairton Coke Works “Entirely” Responsibl
Editor’s Note: The Allegheny County Health Department today in a press release announced that it has fined U.S. Steel more than $1.8...
Mar 7, 20222 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Issues $859K in Stipulated Penalties Against U.S. Steel
Allegheny County Health Department issued the following as a press release Thursday afternoon. GASP staff is currently reviewing the...
Mar 3, 20221 min read
Time Running Out to Speak Out About U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works’ Draft Air Quality Permit
The deadline to weigh in on the draft air quality permit for U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works is quickly approaching, and it’s so...
Mar 3, 20222 min read
GASP to Allegheny County Board of Health: Leverage Your Authority & Demand More From ACHD
The Allegheny County Board of Health meeting’s public comment period Wednesday was dominated by residents who expressed their concern...
Mar 2, 20223 min read
Good News, Murrysville: Emissions of Ozone-Forming Compounds from Westmoreland Compressor Station
We found a piece of good air quality news in this past Saturday’s Pennsylvania Bulletin: Emissions are expected to decrease at a...
Mar 1, 20222 min read
GASP to Allegheny County Health Department: Don’t Squander This Opportunity to Improve Air Quality i
GASP on Tuesday joined residents and fellow air quality advocates to provide input on the draft Title V operating permit for U.S. Steel’s...
Feb 23, 20224 min read
Unhealthy Air, Stench Return as Mon Valley Sees 5th H2S Exceedance of Year, GASP Calls for Answers
Wednesday marked the fifth time so far this year that levels of hydrogen sulfide (AKA H2S, an air pollutant distinguished by its...
Feb 17, 20223 min read
Mon Valley Air Pollution Mitigation Plans Now Available on Allegheny Co. Health Department Website
GASP just last week called on ACHD to make the documents public so that residents could see for themselves how the polluters in their...
Feb 8, 20222 min read
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