Steel’s Clairton Coke Works.” Inspectors were assigned on-site at coke plants in the Mon Valley to quickly identify air quality violations largest fines and enforcement actions in ACHD history were instituted in 2018 to the US Steel’s Clairton Coke

These include Clairton Coke Works, the largest coke oven facility in North America. The Clairton Coke Works ranked third in PennEnvironment’s Toxic Ten study of the worst industrial polluters They were burning the coke oven gas without essential pollution controls. This suit comes on the heels of a similar lawsuit brought by PennEnvironment and the National Environmental Law Center that resulted in a $1.5 million penalty against another regional coke manufacturer, in what

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If you live near a major source of industrial air pollution like the Clairton Coke Works or Shell, you GASP has been our area’s clean air watch dog since 1969, and while we’ve come a long way from our “hell environmental advocates fear a new administration will rollback newly enacted regulations related to coke So we want YOU to know that no matter what challenges may come, you can continue to count on us to educate Together we’ve come a long way and will continue to forge a path forward. 

gas, and water wells) and as a result of industrial activity (including, most notably for our region, coke Here’s a look at those spikes: You might be asking yourself at this point, “But where does the stuff come Steel’s Clairton Coke Works facility. You can read more about all that here .

Armstrong and Indiana Counties for Title V permitting purposes, as well as Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie

Steel’s Mon Valley Works (Edgar Thompson Plant, Irvin Plant, and Clairton Coke Works). Steel is required to implement the following at its Clairton Coke Works facility: • Extend coking times Works are complete, or June 30, 2019, whichever comes later: Reducing the volume of coal in each coke oven Further extending coking times from 22 hours to 30-36 hours Putting as many coke oven batteries Steel once repair work is completed at the Clairton Coke Works.

impacts of the steel industry and call for cleaner, safer production practices and stricter rules for the coke According to a recent report from Industrious Labs, in communities like Pittsburgh, steel and coke facilities Summit to deliver a message that can no longer be ignored: our communities’ health and well-being must come For far too long, the coke, coal, and steel industries have prioritized their bottom line over the health

Steel regarding the 2018 fire that knocked out pollution controls at the steelmaking giant’s Clairton Coke PennEnvironment explained it: On Christmas Eve 2018, a catastrophic fire broke out at the Clairton Coke Following the fire, pollution levels coming from the plant skyrocketed.  Sulfur dioxide pollution at the Clairton Coke Works spiked nearly 25 times higher than usual. As the uncontrolled air pollution levels soared at the Coke Works, so too did health problems in nearby

We learned about the process of iron making (coke + limestone + iron ore) as well as a hundred fascinating tidbits that made the mill come to life for us–everything from explaining how “old-time” workers wore only leathers and wet burlap to protect themselves from the heat and splashing molten iron coming from