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UPDATE: Court Blocks Publication of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Regs

GASP has been following the soap opera that has become Pennsylvania’s efforts to enter into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative...

Lower Emissions Limits Proposed for Cheswick Generating Station

And that’s just what’s happened in Pennsylvania regarding Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) for large coal-fired power...

Recent Air Quality Standard Amendment Will Further Limit Mercury Emissions at U.S. Steel Facility

U.S. Steel’s Braddock-based Edgar Thomson Works is one of 11 integrated iron and steel manufacturing facilities in the country to be...

Consent Order Between Allegheny Co. Health Dept., Harsco & ATI Calls for Enclosed Building, Fine

A Natrona-based slag processor will pay a more than $107,000 civil penalty and construct a new building to enclose processing thanks to a...

Watchdog Win: GASP Appeal Leads to Change in Eastman Chemical Permit

Further, Eastman was the subject of a federal enforcement action in 2011; the order that resolved that action required Eastman to comply...

Residents, Electeds & Enviro Activists Speak Out at Public Hearing About Proposed USS Settlement

Staff Attorney John Baillie provided public comment on behalf of GASP. More than 200 people packed the Clairton Municipal Building...

GASP to ACHD: Deny Eastman Chemical’s Changes Until Consent Order Obligations Met

GASP on Feb. 14 submitted formal comments related to draft installation permits for the Eastman Chemical’s Jefferson Hills facility,...

Allegheny County Health Department Commits to Clear Permit Backlog After EPA Scrutiny

Title V of the Clean Air Act requires that each major source of air pollution (as well as certain minor sources) have an operating permit...

DEP Doublespeak Allows Central PA Power Plant Operator to Avoid Reasonably Available Control Tech

The Clean Air Act authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for...

Revised General Permits for Natural Gas Production Facilities Available for Public Comment

In February 2017, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) published revisions to “GP-5,” its existing general...

GASP Files Notice of Intent to Sue Armstrong Cement for Air Quality Permit Violations

For Immediate Release: July 18, 2017 Contacts: John Baillie, Senior Attorney, GASP, 412-924-0604 ext. 201, john@gasp-pgh.org GASP Files...