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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
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
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 Department Issues Mon Valley Air Pollution Warning for Tuesday
The Liberty-Clairton area woke up to unhealthy air quality again Tuesday, with EPA’s NowCast AQI soaring to 183 and hourly monitor data...
Mar 15, 20222 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
Time Running Out to Speak Out About U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works’ Draft Air Quality Permit
The deadline to weigh in on the draft air quality permit for U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works is quickly approaching, and it’s so...
Mar 3, 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
<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
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
Allegheny County Health Department Tells U.S. Steel, Others that Mitigation Plans "Unacceptable"
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has notified U.S. Steel and other major source polluters that emissions mitigation plans...
Feb 2, 20222 min read
2022's 4th Exceedance of PA’s H2S Air Quality Standard Noted in Mon Valley; Still No Word from ACHD
Sadly, if you live in the Mon Valley, this likely isn’t news: Air quality was terrible early Saturday, with AirNow.gov showing...
Jan 24, 20222 min read
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
GASP, Fellow Activists & Residents Tell Board of Health: You’re Not Taking This Seriously
Longtime Clairton resident Art Thomas didn’t mince words Wednesday when he spoke before the Allegheny County Board of Health, telling...
Jan 6, 20225 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
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
Allegheny County Air Quality Fund Audit Shows Health Department Still Grappling with Air Quality Permit Backlog
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) ended 2020 without having taken action on required air quality operating permits for six of...
Oct 6, 20211 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
Health Department Issues Notice Of Violation to U.S. Steel Over Hydrogen-Sulfide Exceedances
The Allegheny County Health Department on April 1 issued a Notice of Violation against U.S. Steel for hydrogen sulfide exceedances that...
Apr 1, 20211 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Seeks Public Comment on U.S. Steel, Other Air Quality Permits
Allegheny County Health Department is now seeking public comment on several air quality permits. Two notices were published in late...
Feb 2, 20212 min read
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