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.

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

government’s struggle against its own revised National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for coke Quick background: The EPA promulgated the Revised Coke Oven NESHAPs in 2024.  ; and imposed new limits on leaking coke oven doors, lids, and offtake piping. Steel and Cleveland Cliffs (the operators of the Clairton Coke Works and Monessen Coke Works, respectively ) asked for compliance extensions from the deadlines imposed by the Revised Coke Oven NESHAPs.  

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.

Steel’s Clairton Coke Works facility Monday evening that knocked out pollution control equipment that removes dangerous chemicals like H2S and ammonia from coke oven gas. That means that only partially cleaned coke oven gas spewed from the facility for eight hours. Control Room 5 was also one of three at the Clairton Coke Works that experienced an outage during the breakdown report, but did not note whether it was received within the one-hour window required by Clairton Coke