Steel’s Clairton Coke Works and Edgar Thomson facility. Steel’s Clairton Coke and Edgar Thomson facilities for hazardous air pollutants suggests that both moves Both of these developments were welcomed changes but a lack of transparency when it comes to enforcing

agreement addresses ACHD’s 2018 enforcement order and all subsequent penalties issued against the Clairton Coke that modeling has demonstrated to be the most immediately impacted by the emissions from the Clairton Coke quarter penalties of 2019) 90 percent of all battery fugitive emissions violations at the Clairton Coke Steel to discuss concerns related to the Clairton Coke Works. Steel, Allegheny County Finalize Clairton Coke Works Emissions Settlement, published by the Pittsburgh

of Environmental Protection sent out its own warnings, declaring Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as Code Steel, saying there was “no unusual activity” at the company’s Clairton Coke Works. weather phenomena that we cannot alter, but we do have the power to reduce the amount of pollution coming The weather resulted in the DEP twice forecasting a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for PM2.5 on December

Batteries 1, 2, and 3- considered three of its dirtiest, most-polluting batteries – at its Clairton Coke Especially when it comes to air quality. Let’s not forget: U.S. issued a Notice of Violation for exceedances of the state hydrogen sulfide standard at its Clairton Coke And that’s to say nothing of the high-profile 2018 fire at the Clairton Coke Works that knocked out pollution

persisting poor air quality prompted the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to issue Code GASP on Friday renewed its call for ACHD to update and strengthen coke-oven regulations in an effort By way of background: More stringent coke-oven regulations are important because coke-making is, among Steel’s Clairton Coke Works is the largest emitter of H2S in the entire state. By a lot. Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxic Release Inventory, Clairton Coke Works self-reported emitting

Steel’s Clairton Coke facility was still able to emit over 30,000 pounds of this toxic pollutant in 2018 Steel’s Clairton Coke Works knocked out crucial pollution control systems at the facility—ACHD officials Health meeting that they were planning to revise the county’s pollution control regulations covering coke supported the plan and expected tougher regulations would lead to reduced benzene emissions from the coke Steel’s Clairton Coke Works? And if U.S.

Steel to come into compliance with its hydrogen sulfide (H2S) standard and sulfur dioxide (SO2) limits If these requirements are not met, the company will have to cease all coking operations. 4:20 a.m., an electrical equipment fire forced a shutdown of control rooms 2 and 5 at the Clairton Coke These control rooms hold the equipment and controls necessary to clean the coke oven gases, and they As these control rooms remain offline, there is no means for desulfurization of the coke oven gas.

Steel’s Coke Works facility - helping them understand how to evaluate smoke opacity and make more effective Stay tuned: GASP’s smoke reading tour may be coming to a neighborhood near you.

a nuisance, amounted to trespass, and were the result of negligent upkeep of the company’s Clairton Coke importance” is a requirement that the company make $6.5 million in “improvement measures to the Clairton Coke The news comes at a time when the company is finalizing a separate settlement agreement with the Allegheny

When it comes to air pollution, its local impact, and how GASP can help, we have a few numbers for you Steel’s Clairton Coke Works operations were to blame for years of exceedances) and to fix what’s causing Steel’s Clairton Coke Works’ Title V - GASP successfully petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency