about EPA’s proposed revisions to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for coke-making While those revisions have not yet been finalized, they have come under attack from a group of United

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this summer proposed policy revisions that will impact coke-making Steel’s Clairton Coke Works and Cleveland Cliffs’ coke ovens in Monessen - and is seeking public input Steel and Cleveland Cliffs and let EPA know you support: Requirements that all coke-making facilities under the current regulations, with the new limits being dependent upon the facility - the Clairton Coke including hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen cyanide, and mercury at by-product recovery coke

Steel’s Clairton Coke Works facility were observed and reported to ACHD on Sept. 28, Oct. 18, and Oct about the Clairton plumes following their last visit to the Mon Valley: “The brownish plumes seem to be coming

emissions tests conducted on Oct. 8-11 and on Oct. 14, 2019 for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) at Clairton Coke Steel was also fined for emissions issues at its Clairton Coke Works in January for which they were assessed

message to the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) that it needs to take action to strengthen coke working on this issue.The second action necessary is that ACHD must revise and strengthen the County’s coke-oven Air pollution near the Clairton Coke facility is not just a weather-driven anomaly; it is a year-round Residents Press Allegheny County to Do More for Air Quality, published by WESA #pittsburghairpollution #cokeovenregulations

Editor’s Note: The public comment period for Allegheny County’s draft coke oven regulations closed as With that out of the way, let’s start at the beginning… Coke Oven Emissions 101 Simply put, coke is produced ACHD’s Coke Oven Regulations: What’s New & What They Will Do Presently, ACHD coke oven regulations spell Revise inspection protocols for fugitive emissions from the coke ovens. The agreement also requires coke oven regulation changes to be “technically feasible.”

Allegheny County Health Department hearing officer to put the kibosh on long-sought updates to local coke Steel asked ACHD’s hearing officer to order ACHD to stop pursuing the proposed rulemaking regarding coke That agreement came in the wake of a 2018 Clairton Coke Works fire that knocked out air pollution control limits for sulfur compounds in the coke oven gas produced by coke ovens; the inclusion of five new sulfur when coke is unloaded or “pushed” from the coke oven battery.

Steel three ways to improve Clairton Coke Works: Retire Clairton Coke Works’ oldest, dirtiest and most problematic coke batteries, which are Batteries 1, 2 and 3 Modernize Clairton Coke Works by investing Steel directly to make the company accountable for the air pollution coming from the Clairton Coke Works “Retiring Batteries 1, 2 and 3 at the Clairton Coke Works—which is the country’s oldest coke plant— would Modernize Clairton Coke Works In 2012, U.S.

Steel’s Clairton Coke Works? Steel could meet the three-year emissions average yet still emit so much PM2.5 that people could be choking

Steel’s Clairton Coke Works and Edgar Thompson facilities. Those observations have noted a familiar and disconcerting scene: some nasty brownish plumes coming from the Clairton Coke Works.