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EPA Wants to Delay Compliance Deadlines for Coal Ash Industry
Another day, another environmental regulatory rollback announced by Trump’s EPA: The agency last week announced it will extend the...
Jul 22, 20252 min read
EPA Delays Implementation of Revised Coke Oven Emissions Standards
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its plan to delay full implementation of the revised National...
Jul 9, 20252 min read
EPA Delays Compliance Deadlines for Revised Limits for Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Iron & Steel Making Facilities Like Edgar Thomson Works
Last year, we blogged about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) revisions to the National Emission Standards for...
Jul 8, 20252 min read
EPA Proposes to Repeal Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal-Fired Electric Generating Units
Earlier this year we blogged about how the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided exemptions from several National Emission...
Jun 20, 20252 min read
Title V Operating Permit Backlogs Exist, Underscores Need for Revisions to Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Fee Schedule
At GASP we don’t just monitor air quality issues and push back against industrial polluters’ illegal emissions – we also try to hold air quality regulators accountable for doing their jobs and fulfilling the duties that air pollution laws impose on them. This includes tracking how efficiently Pennsylvania regulators – specifically, the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) and state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) – process permit applications for sources o
Jun 16, 20257 min read
County Council Still Mum on Air Quality Permit Fee Schedule, GASP Blasts Lack of Action & Asks Residents to Contact These 3 Reps
Allegheny County Council met again this week, and AGAIN, the air quality permit fee schedule changes long sought by the health department...
Jun 5, 20252 min read
BREAKING: Allegheny County Health Department Investigating Breakdown at U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works
The Allegheny County Health Department is investigating a breakdown at U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works facility last night, as well as...
Jun 3, 20252 min read
Congress Belatedly Disapproves EPA Waivers for California’s Vehicle Emissions Standards? Maybe
As the Biden administration was in its waning days this past January, we blogged about how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Jun 2, 20252 min read
Tell County Council: Do Your Job & Pass Air Quality Permit Fee Increases
Allegheny County, your voice matters. For months, you've turned out, you've spoken up, and you've made your concerns clear: We need...
May 29, 20252 min read
GASP to County Council: You Must Take Action to Protect Public Health
Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) again joined residents and fellow advocates to tell Allegheny County Council: You must get the...
May 22, 20252 min read
GASP Lauds Health Department Expansion of Asthma Support Across Allegheny County
This May - in observance of Asthma Awareness Month - the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) announced it is “deepening its...
May 6, 20251 min read
Exemptions from the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: What’s the Verdict on Sources in Our Region
We blogged last month about an invitation that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made to sources of hazardous air...
May 5, 20257 min read
It’s Official: EPA Determines Allegheny County Has Met National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Sulfur Dioxide
Big news, folks: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday published notice of its approval of a request to designate...
Apr 29, 20251 min read
GASP, Residents to Allegheny Co. Council: Your Failure to Pass AQ Permit Fees Harming Public Health
Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) on Tuesday again joined residents and fellow environmental advocates to tell Allegheny County...
Apr 23, 20252 min read
EPA Proposes to Grant ACHD Request for Redesignation of Allegheny Co. to Attainment for National Standards for Fine Particulate Matter…in Part
Just about a year ago we blogged about the Allegheny County Health Department’s (ACHD) withdrawal of a request to the U.S....
Apr 16, 20252 min read
Allegheny Co. Council Continues to Play Political Games with Public Health, Proposed Permit Fee Schedule Changes Still Unaddressed
Bad news, friends: Allegheny County Council continues to demonstrate a shocking disregard for the health and well-being of our community...
Apr 16, 20252 min read
EPA Offers Exemptions from Clean Air Act Standards...Can It Do That?
The Clean Air Act generated some rare headlines at the very end of March, after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...
Apr 14, 20253 min read
GASP, Residents Blast Allegheny County Council for Lack of Action on Air Quality Permit Fees
GASP on Tuesday blasted Allegheny County Council for its inaction on a health department proposal that would increase certain permit fees...
Apr 8, 20252 min read
(UPDATED) GASP to County Council: Do Your Job & Approve Proposal to Fully Fund Air Quality Program
This story was updated on 9:45 a.m. March 26 to include more details about the meeting. GASP on Tuesday joined residents and fellow...
Mar 25, 20253 min read
BOH Approves $490K Clean Air Fund Transfer to Help Fill AQ Program Budget Hole; Shortfall Exemplifies Why Co. Council Must Approve Updated Permit Fee Schedule
The Allegheny County Board of Health on Wednesday approved a transfer of $490,605 from the Clean Air Fund to go toward the Air Quality...
Mar 20, 20252 min read
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