Our senior attorney John Baillie has been sounding the alarm over the Title V permit backlog at the health

growing source of jobs in Pennsylvania for several years prior, and the COVID-19 pandemic has created a backlog

(Both ACHD and the Southwest Region of the Department of Environmental Protection have unacceptable backlogs

“How can they justify using Title V funds for a building renovation project when there is a backlog of

Eastman was one of many sites that lingered in ACHD’s backlog of unissued Title V Operating Permits in

GASP conducted extensive research examining the backlog of Title V permits across Pennsylvania, determining

enforcement of clean air laws, including: Issue timely, health-based Clean Air Act permits and clear its backlog

has enabled us to make important gains, including: Urging regulators to eliminate the unacceptable backlog work necessary to identify the problem and now we are aggressively pushing to eliminate the permit backlog Your gift will allow us to continue this critical work and keep us fighting to eliminate the permit backlogs

The 2016 report highlighted a backlog of applications for renewals of expired operating permits for major whether applications to issue and renew operating permits for major sources in those areas were similarly backlogged Second, we also looked at the agencies’ backlogs of applications for renewal permits.  take immediate steps–including raising the fees that they impose on Title V sources–to eliminate their backlogs of applications for Title V Operating Permit renewals and prevent such backlogs from recurring.

diesel particulate filter, on all on-road vehicles, like dump trucks, and off-road equipment, such as backhoes