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U.S. Steel to Pay $1.5M Penalty, Make Improvements to Settle Air Pollution Violations at Edgar Thoms
BIG NEWS: U.S. Steel will pay a $1.5 million penalty and make extensive improvements at its Edgar Thomson facility in Braddock Borough as...
May 17, 20223 min read
GASP to ACHD: Revised Coke Oven Regs Must Better Protect Community from H2S, Other Air Pollutants
GASP joined residents and fellow clean air advocates at a public hearing in Clairton Wednesday night to tell the Allegheny County Health...
May 12, 20222 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Seeks Comment on Annual Air Monitoring Network Plan, GASP Reviewi
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Tuesday announced that it is seeking written public comment on its draft 2023 Air...
May 10, 20221 min read
Allegheny County Board of Health Greenlights $30K Clean Air Fund Request for Air Pollution Health Im
The Allegheny County Board of Health on Wednesday unanimously voted to approve a $30,000 Clean Air Fund request to finance the...
May 6, 20222 min read
No Surprise: U.S. Steel Appeals Allegheny County Health Department $1.8M Enforcement Order Over H2S
As expected, the infamously-litigious U.S. Steel Corp. has appealed a March 7 Allegheny County Health Department enforcement order for...
Apr 18, 20221 min read
Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Clean Air Fund ‘Planning Framework,’ U.S. Steel’s Request, and an H2S Stu
Allegheny County Health Department leaders on Monday night proposed a long-term “spending framework” for its Clean Air Fund, saying that...
Apr 12, 20223 min read
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
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 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
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
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
<UPDATED> More H2S Exceedances at Liberty, Mon Valley Residents Report Stench
Editor’s Note: This blog was updated at 10:35 a.m. Feb. 23 to include an updated H2S chart. Users of CMU CreateLab’s crowd-sourcing app...
Feb 22, 20223 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
Allegheny Co Health Dept. Issues Notice of Applicability, Tells it to Submit Mitigation Plan
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has issued a notice of applicability to Magnus Productions, telling the company that it...
Feb 7, 20223 min read
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