UPDATE: Commonwealth Court Blocks Publication of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Regs, Then DEP F
GASP has been following the soap opera that has become Pennsylvania’s efforts to enter into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative...
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Blog Against Smog
- Dec 8, 2021
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...
- Oct 20, 2021
Air Advisory Committee Approve $578K Clean Air Fund Request, Still No Word on GASP Appointee
Members of Allegheny County’s Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved making more than $578,000 from the...
- Aug 5, 2020
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...
- Jan 21, 2020
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...
- Jan 13, 2020
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...
- Jul 31, 2019
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...
- Sep 11, 2018
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...
- May 16, 2018
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...
- Apr 20, 2018
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...
- Jul 19, 2017
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...
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