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Hearing Officer Issues Split Decision on Coke Oven Dispute Between the Allegheny County Health Depar
Remember back in September when famously litigious U.S. Steel asked an Allegheny County Health Department hearing officer to put the...
Jan 10, 20223 min read
Tuesday Marked First Hydrogen Sulfide Exceedance of the Year for Allegheny County
Well, that didn’t take long: The first exceedance of Pennsylvania’s 24-hour average hydrogen sulfide (H2S) standard is already in the...
Jan 5, 20221 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Takes Enforcement Action Related to Asbestos Abatement
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) periodically updates its website with recent Air Quality Program enforcement actions. That...
Dec 30, 20213 min read
UPDATED: Today Will Mark 54th H2S Exceedance of 2021 at Liberty Monitor; Abysmal Air Quality Returns
Editor’s Note: This blog was updated at 10:35 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, to include information on an exceedance that occurred at...
Dec 21, 20212 min read
It’s Giving Tuesday: Here’s 7 Reasons to Give to GASP Today
After all these years with you fighting the good air quality fight, the difficult truth remains: Environmental advocacy is largely a...
Nov 30, 20214 min read
2 More H2S Exceedances for Mon Valley, Still No Word from ACHD on What’s Being Done to Stem Issue
That makes 48 days so far this year that H2S levels exceeded the air quality standard at the Liberty monitor. There have been 17 other...
Nov 29, 20211 min read
GASP Joins Partners in Response to Bombshell Media Reports About U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Maintenance
Breathe Project in responding to bombshell media reports published in Allegheny Front and Public Source Friday analyzing court documents...
Nov 22, 20213 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
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
Allegheny County Health Department: Federal Air Quality Standards Attained at All Monitors for 1st T
Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) announced in a press release Tuesday that, for the first time in its history, all air quality...
Jan 27, 20213 min read
GASP Legal Review Leads to Stronger Air Quality Permit for Lawrenceville-Based Pressure Chemical Co.
The Allegheny County Health Department’s notice last week of air quality permits open for comment and issued in final form listed a final...
Jan 26, 20213 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Announces Air Quality Monitor Network Update
Editor’s Note: The following is from a news release issued by the Allegheny County Health Department Thursday morning. The Allegheny...
Jan 21, 20211 min read
Residents to Allegheny County Health Department: Better Protect Us With Strong Coke Oven Regs
Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s coke oven regulations closed as of 4 p.m. Jan. 21. Residents talked about...
Jan 20, 20214 min read
New DEP Fee Schedule Expected to Put Air Quality Program on ‘Sound Financial Footing’
We’ve got some good news to report: The revised fee schedule for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Air Quality...
Jan 19, 20211 min read
Deadline to Speak Out on Proposed Coke Oven Regulations Quickly Approaching
Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s draft coke oven regulations closed as of 4 p.m. Jan. 21. Time is running...
Jan 19, 20216 min read
What You Need to Know About Allegheny County’s Proposed Coke Oven Regulation Revisions & How to
Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s draft coke oven regulations closed as of 4 p.m. Jan. 21. THANK YOU to all...
Jan 6, 20217 min read
This Invisible Danger in Your Home Could Hurt Your Health (And What to Do About It)
With everyone spending a whole lot more time inside, indoor air quality is more important than ever. Because the U.S. Environmental...
Jan 4, 20212 min read
Allegheny County Tallied Two More Air Quality Exceedances Last Week
Allegheny County experienced two more air quality exceedances last week when the midnight-to-midnight 24-hour average concentration of...
Dec 28, 20201 min read
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