Group Against Smog & Pollution

The petition is now closed. Thank you to everyone who signed! Imagine if you will, a world where local air quality program staffers must complete complex reviews and craft lengthy reports FOR the major industrial polluters they are charged with regulating. For free. Surprise: That’s what’s happening NOW right here in Allegheny County, where air quality staff members – inspectors, engineers, and attorneys – complete things like ambient air quality modeling, risk assessments, a

We’ve got some good news to report: The revised fee schedule for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Air Quality Program officially went into effect this past weekend – a move that will allow it to adequately administer and enforce air pollution laws in the 65 of the state’s 67 counties (excluding Allegheny and Philadelphia Counties) for which it is responsible. That’s because the Air Quality Program is funded by the fees that it charges rather than by g

An Allegheny County Health Department spokesman on Tuesday confirmed that ACHD is now posting to its website enforcement orders from its Air Quality Program. The move was first announced by ACHD Deputy Director of Environmental Health Jim Kelly at the Jan. 10 Board of Health meeting. Prior to the documents being posted publicly, residents needed to submit a formal Right to Know request to obtain them. GASP appreciates the additional transparency regarding these Air Quality Pr