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More Rotten Egg Stench in Mon Valley as Braddock Monitor Experiences 13th Hydrogen Sulfide Exceedanc
In fact, concentrations of H2S were so high Tuesday that by 8 a.m. it was mathematically impossible for them *not* to exceed...
Oct 19, 20211 min read
Mon Valley Experiences More Malodors, Liberty Monitor Again Exceeds PA Air Quality Standard
So, did you smell it yesterday – that all-too-familiar stench of rotten eggs? Because Wednesday marked the 37th day in 2021 that hydrogen...
Oct 14, 20211 min read
GASP Urging County Exec to Make Important Air Advisory Committee Nomination & We Need Your Help
GASP on Tuesday submitted public comments to Allegheny County Council to make sure members were aware of our recent request to Allegheny...
Oct 12, 20213 min read
Allegheny County Air Quality Fund Audit Shows Health Department Still Grappling with Air Quality Permit Backlog
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) ended 2020 without having taken action on required air quality operating permits for six of...
Oct 6, 20211 min read
UPDATED: GASP Lauds Enforcement Order, $62K Civil Penalty Against Neville Chemical But Calls on ACHD
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Tuesday issued an enforcement order to Neville Chemical Company for violating numerous...
Oct 5, 20213 min read
Seward Generating Station Applies to DEP for *Decreased* Sulfur Dioxide Emission Limits
Photo courtesy of Google Earth. The Seward Generating station in Indiana County is purportedly the world’s largest waste-coal burning...
Oct 4, 20212 min read
Mon Valley Stench Returns, GASP Again Calls on ACHD for Public Update
CreateLab’s SmellPGH app received a smattering of odor reports Saturday from local residents, one of whom said the outside air smelled...
Oct 4, 20212 min read
May We Introduce Our New Executive Director? GASPers, Meet Patrick Campbell
After earning a bachelor of science degree in marriage and family studies from Mercyhurst College, the Butler High School graduate...
Sep 29, 20212 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Issues $25K Civil Penalty to Bristol Metals for Air Quality Viola
GASP earlier this month reported on the most high-profile item to appear on the enforcement docket this quarter – an enforcement order...
Sep 29, 20214 min read
Famously Litigious U.S. Steel Asks Hearing Officer to Kill Proposed Coke Oven Regulations Designed t
In a move that should not surprise anybody who’s been paying any attention to U.S. Steel’s history of dragging regulators through the...
Sep 14, 20213 min read
Environmental Resources & Energy Committee Meeting Sept. 14 to Determine Fate of RGGI in PA
The Senate Committee will consider the concurrent resolution on Tuesday, September 14.
Sep 14, 20212 min read
UPDATED: Allegheny County Council Votes Unanimously to Approve Mon Valley Air Pollution Episodic Reg
Allegheny County Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a long-sought Mon Valley Air Pollution Episode rules.
Sep 13, 20212 min read
Health Department Issues U.S. Steel New Fines Regarding 4.2-Ton Release of Toxic Anhydrous Ammonia f
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has slapped U.S. Steel with more civil penalties – this time over the inadvertent release...
Sep 13, 20212 min read
GASP Speaks Out About H2S Violations, Lack of Transparency Over U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant
GASP on Wednesday implored the Board of Health to do what they could to increase transparency over the Edgar Thomson enforcement.
Sep 1, 20212 min read
Episodic Weather Regulations One Step Closer to Approval Following Allegheny County Council Meeting
Good news: Changes to local air pollution regulations aimed at reducing particulate matter in the Mon Valley during periods of stagnant...
Aug 31, 20212 min read
Smoke & Flames at Edgar Thomson Plant, More H2S Exceedances Punctuate Need for Public Update
GASP’s resident smoke reader and longtime project manager Sue Seppi snapped into action, reviewing Breathe Cam footage of the facility,...
Aug 23, 20212 min read
LIMITED (FREE) OPPORTUNITY | Attend 2-Day Smoke School & Get Same Training As Health Inspectors
Even those of us who don’t live near or downwind of an industrial source of air pollution have at some point likely looked at emissions...
Aug 23, 20212 min read
Public Comment Period for Allegheny County Health Department’s Annual Air Monitoring Plan Closes Mon
Time is running out to submit public comments on Allegheny County Health Department’s 2022 air monitoring network plan, an annual report...
Aug 5, 20212 min read
It’s Been Nearly 4 Years EPA, Public Deserves Transparency, Action Regarding Edgar Thomson Emissions
GASP is formally calling on EPA to provide to the public a substantive update on what improvements will be required of U.S. Steel.
Aug 3, 20213 min read
The Mon Valley Stinks (Literally): Sky-High H2S Concentrations Cause Air Quality Exceedances
There have been 33 exceedances of the H2S standard in the past seven months at the Liberty air quality monitor and 12 at North Braddock.Â
Jul 27, 20212 min read
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