More About the Grant Program & Why it has Benzene Monitoring at Clairton Coke Written all Over it. Coke’s facility this past summer.  The monitoring came in the wake of several enforcement actions that required Erie Coke to address numerous Monitor sites were placed in 13 locations along the perimeter of the Erie Coke facility and at four locations ACHD simply must develop a plan to monitor benzene near Clairton Coke.

Steel’s Clairton Coke Works. Steel’s Clairton Coke facility emitted over 30,000 pounds of benzene via stack and fugitive emissions department implement something similar to DEP’s benzene monitoring program around the now-shuttered Erie Coke plant.

citizen monitors all confirmed that before, during, and after Monday's deadly explosion at the Clairton Coke Steel's Clairton Coke Works could experience subsequent emissions events that impact public health and At both Clairton Coke Works and Edgar Thomson, U.S.

“This is a long time coming,” ACHD Deputy of Environmental Health Jim Kelly told the board. The department said it plans to model its VOC monitoring around US Steel’s Clairton Coke and Edgar Thomson the state Department of Environmental Protection to analyze benzene emissions from the now-defunct Erie Coke Corp. – something GASP this year petitioned officials to consider.

more than $359,000 in stipulated penalties for air quality violations that occurred at its Clairton Coke

Steel’s Clairton Coke Works facility, the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) announced in a press Steel regarding a breakdown of pollution control equipment at Clairton Coke Works. As a result, Control Rooms 2 and 5 were not processing coke oven gas and the partially processed coke the cause of the breakdown but has requested more information and has inspectors onsite inspecting coking

Steel’s Clairton Coke Works . In case you missed it, the U.S. The explosion happened when coke oven gas leaked and ignited in a transfer area.

While there is no EPA requirement to monitor benzene near coke facilities, ACHD does so at its Liberty Monitor site, which is about a mile north-northeast of—and typically downwind of—Clairton Coke Works Coke Corp. Despite the closure of that coke plant, DEP will continue monitoring efforts there through this year. already show an improvement in air quality since the plant discontinued operations at its facility in Erie

Steel to investigate the deadly Aug. 11 explosion at its Clairton Coke Works facility today released Corp., issued the following information on its website Thursday: The explosion took place in the 13-14 Coke Battery transfer area when an 18-inch cast iron valve ruptured, releasing flammable coke oven gas, which Damage to other valves at 13-14 Coke Battery was determined to have resulted from the explosion. This resulted in a sudden and complete rupture of the valve body, releasing combustible coke oven gas

Steel’s Clairton Coke Works facility that prompted a public statement from the Allegheny County Health the breakdown were preliminary: On the afternoon of June 2 an unknown breakdown occurred at Clairton Coke Works’ Control Room #5 that caused coke oven gas to only be partially cleaned before being emitted into Namely, that during the nearly eight hours that Clairton Coke Works’ Control Room #5 was offline, the Steel met the deadlines set forth for reporting the June 2 Clairton Coke Works breakdown. U.S.