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The Latest Penalties Against U.S. Steel for Clairton Coke Works Air Quality Violations
Editor’s Note: The Allegheny County Health Department periodically updates its website to include documents related to air quality...
May 52 min read
EPA Offers Exemptions from Clean Air Act Standards...Can It Do That?
The Clean Air Act generated some rare headlines at the very end of March, after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...
Apr 143 min read
What Should Happen After an Incident at Mon Valley Works? GASP Records Request Provides New Details About Recent Breakdowns
Recent incidents at U.S Steel’s Clairton Coke Works and Edgar Thomson facilities sparked rage and concern among frontline residents and...
Apr 106 min read
U.S. Steel Fined $75,525 for Emissions Violations at Clairton Coke Works
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Thursday issued a demand for more than $75,000 in stipulated penalties against U.S....
Jun 21, 20241 min read
UPDATED: GASP to ACHD: Hold U.S. Steel Accountable & Protect Residents with Proper Compliance Schedule for Clairton Coke Works
Editor's Note: This blog has been updated to include a link to GASP's formal written comments. GASP joined residents and fellow...
Jan 11, 20242 min read
Join GASP at Clairton Coke Works Permit Hearing to Stand With Mon Valley Residents, Demand Accountability from U.S. Steel
If reading that headline gave you a “déjà vu all over again” sort of feeling, it’s probably because the issue of the Clairton Coke Works...
Jan 8, 20244 min read
UPDATED: U.S. Steel Appeals $2.2 Million Fine for Hydrogen Sulfide Exceedances
Editor's Note: U.S. Steel on Jan. 26 appealed this enforcement order. You can read the appeal document here. The Allegheny County Health...
Jan 5, 20242 min read
GASP to Board of Health: Task ACHD with Creating Crisis Comms Plan, Convene Dormant Subcommittees
GASP Executive Director Patrick Campbell on Wednesday implored members of the Allegheny County Board of Health to use their authority to...
Nov 1, 20233 min read
Stench Returns Despite Enforcement Efforts; GASP Again Calls on ACHD for Answers, Transparency
If you stepped outside this week in the Mon Valley, took a deep breath, and promptly asked yourself, “What is that STENCH?” we’ve...
Oct 26, 20234 min read
Clean Air Victory! GASP, Enviros Win EPA’s Objection to Clairton Coke Works Air Pollution Permit
Editor's Note: GASP, Clean Air Council, Environmental Integrity Project, and PennFuture on Thursday jointly issued the following press...
Oct 5, 20234 min read
EPA Wants to Revise Coke Oven Emissions Standards, But Not Enough to Address Unacceptable Risks
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this summer proposed policy revisions that will impact coke-making operations, including...
Aug 29, 20234 min read
U.S. Seel Fined $301K for Air Pollution Violations at Clairton Coke Works
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on Tuesday announced it issued $301,725 in stipulated penalties against U.S. Steel for air...
Jul 11, 20231 min read
LIMITED (FREE) OPPORTUNITY | Attend Smoke School; Get the Same Training as the Health Inspectors
Even those of us who don’t live nearby to - or downwind of - an industrial source of air pollution like the Clairton Coke Works have at...
Mar 1, 20232 min read
U.S. Steel, ACHD Trade Barbs Over Coke Oven Enforcement Procedures; GASP: As They Bicker We Suffer
The Allegheny County Health Department and U.S. Steel traded barbs over the past few weeks in legal filings addressing evidentiary issues...
Feb 17, 20231 min read
UPDATED: U.S. Steel Appeal of Clairton Coke Works Title V Operating Permit Dismissed
Editor's Note: An Allegheny County Health Department hearing officer on Sept. 4 issued an order to dismiss U.S. Steel's appeal. You can...
Jan 27, 20231 min read
U.S. Steel Files Petition Over Air Quality Enforcement, GASP Submits Records Request for More Info
U.S. Steel on Tuesday filed a petition regarding Allegheny County Health Department's air quality enforcement procedures that led to a...
Jan 20, 20231 min read
GASP & Citizen Smoke Readers File Air Quality Complaints Over Emissions from Clairton Coke Works
Did you know that GASP assists residents in getting certified as citizen smoke readers to make observations of those worrisome...
Nov 29, 20222 min read
Local Nonprofits Awarded Nearly $500K EPA Grant to Enhance Citizen Air Monitoring Network
Local residents routinely wake up to some of the worst air quality in the country and have logged nearly 70,000 complaints since the 2016...
Nov 10, 20223 min read
Here's What the Post-Gazette Editorial Board Got Wrong About the Mon Valley's H2S Problem
At GASP, sometimes we read commentaries on air quality so bereft of facts, insight, and empathy that we must respond. The Oct. 18...
Oct 27, 20223 min read
GASP to BOH: Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Failed Residents During July Outages at Clairton Coke Works
GASP joined fellow environmental advocates Wednesday to again send a message to the Allegheny County Board of Health: The health...
Sep 7, 20223 min read
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