County Council Approves Motion Supporting ACHD's Efforts to Ensure U.S. Steel Complies with Regs
Allegheny County Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a motion of council that endorses recent enforcement actions undertaken by the...
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Blog Against Smog
- Aug 15, 2019
GASP Joins PennEnvironment for Release of its New Report Detailing Clean Air Act Enforcement Challen
The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) on Thursday joined Penn Environment downtown for a press conference unveiling the...
- Aug 12, 2019
Environmental Hearing Board Judge to Erie Coke Corp.: Petition to Reopen Record is DENIED
Environmental Hearing Board Judge Steven C. Beckman filed an order on Monday denying Erie Coke Corp.’s petition to reopen the record to...
- Aug 9, 2019
DEP & Erie Coke Submit Final Arguments in Environmental Hearing Board Case, Clash on Details
Erie Coke photo courtesy of HECA. Whether or not Erie Coke Corp. will be permitted to operate while it appeals the state Department of...
- Aug 7, 2019
UPDATED: Erie Coke Petitions Environmental Hearing Board to Reopen Record; DEP Objects
Erie coke On the day Erie Coke Corp. and DEP were due to file their post-hearing briefs with the Environmental Hearing Board over whether...
- Jul 31, 2019
Residents, Electeds & Enviro Activists Speak Out at Public Hearing About Proposed USS Settlement
Staff Attorney John Baillie provided public comment on behalf of GASP. More than 200 people packed the Clairton Municipal Building...
- Jul 25, 2019
Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Opinion of the U.S. Steel-ACHD Settlement Agreement Heard
A public hearing on the proposed Settlement Agreement between U.S. Steel and the Allegheny County Health Department regarding emissions...
- Jul 3, 2019
Erie Coke Appeals DEP Denial of Title V Operating Permit Renewal, Calls Compliance Docket Placement
Erie coke from HECA Erie Coke Corp. on Tuesday filed an appeal of the decision by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to...
- Jul 1, 2019
Councilman O’Connor Introducing Will of Council Supporting Allegheny County Health Department’s Acti
The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) was proud to join City Councilman Corey O’Connor, City Councilwoman Erika Strassberger and...
- Jul 1, 2019
UPDATED: DEP Denies Erie Coke Operating Permit; Files For Injunction to Close Plant Following Numero
“For more than a decade, DEP has received persistent complaints from the community and has continuously cited Erie Coke for various...
- Jun 28, 2019
GASP and Clean Air Council: County Has No Grounds for Damages for Litigation-Based Construction Dela
The Group Against Smog and Pollution and Clean Air Council asked a Court of Common Pleas judge this week to dismiss a bid by Allegheny...
- Jun 13, 2019
GASP Submits Comments on ACHD Air Quality Monitoring Plan, County SIP
At GASP, we take a three-fold approach to improving air quality: We educate, we advocate, and we do legal watchdog work to ensure that...
- Apr 19, 2019
Residents Show Up in Droves for HECA, GASP Community Update on Erie Coke Corp.
Nearly 100 community members joined Hold Erie Coke Accountable (HECA) and the Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) to learn more about...
- Apr 10, 2019
UPDATE: Court Overrules County’s Preliminary Objections in Clean Air Fund Lawsuit
Common Pleas Judge Christine Ward on March 29 overruled preliminary objections filed by Allegheny County in a lawsuit filed by Group...
- Jan 24, 2019
GASP to ACHD: Deny Eastman Chemical’s Changes Until Consent Order Obligations Met
GASP on Feb. 14 submitted formal comments related to draft installation permits for the Eastman Chemical’s Jefferson Hills facility,...
- Aug 16, 2018
U.S. Steel’s Appeals Clairton Coke Enforcement Order; Latest Skirmish in Decades-Long Fight
On June 28, 2018, the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) fined U.S. Steel approximately $1.1 million for multiple violations of...
- Jan 22, 2018
Legal Watchdogging Leads to Two Air Quality Victories
In July 2017 we blogged about the notice of intent to sue for violations of the Clean Air Act that GASP sent to Armstrong Cement &...
- Nov 1, 2017
GASP Files Notice of Intent to Sue Harsco Metals
On Oct. 18, 2017, GASP sent a letter to Harsco Metals to provide notice that GASP intends to file a citizen suit against Harsco, based on...
- Jul 12, 2017
GASP Comments on Proposed Beech Hollow Natural Gas Plant
GASP recently submitted comments to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regarding the new Beech Hollow natural...
- Apr 26, 2017
Comments to Compressor Station Plan Approval Result in Much Lower Potential Emissions Levels
On Feb. 6, 2017 GASP submitted comments to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regarding a draft plan approval...
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