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  • GASP Submits Public Comments on Monessen Coke Works Draft Title V Permit

    The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) has submitted comments on Cleveland Cliffs’ Monessen Coke The facility is a conventional coke plant producing coke and related carbon by-products and is located The Monessen Coke Works facility includes two coke batteries, by-products recovery process plant, boiler

  • Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Releases New Details About Air Quality Following Deadly U.S. Steel Explosion

    Steel's Clairton Coke Works last month. of Environmental Protection (DEP) that were stationed in the Mon Valley shortly after the Clairton Coke As part of broader efforts to understand pollutant levels near the Clairton Coke Works, ACHD and its partners detected compounds, including hydrocarbons and air toxics known to be associated with coke production

  • GASP Speaks Out Against EPA Plan to Delay Implementation of Coke Oven NESHAPs

    the full implementation of the revised National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coke Ovens and Coke Oven Batteries. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works and Cleveland Cliffs’ Monessen Coke Works. Steel’s Mon Valley Works - facilities with well-documented and longstanding issues with leaking coke However, the Coke Oven NESHAPS do not present new or unforeseen challenges.

  • Allegheny County Health Department Issues $918K Penalty to U.S. Steel for Uncontrolled Pushes at Clairton Coke Works

    Some necessary background: Pushing is generally the operation by which coke that has completed the coking where the coke is cooled with water.  During normal operation of the coke oven batteries 13, 14, 15, 19 and 20 at the Clairton Coke Plant, of the coking cycle for that oven. mass from the oven, dropping of coke into the hot car, or partial combustion of coke due to the high

  • UPDATED: U.S. Steel Appeal of Clairton Coke Works Title V Operating Permit Dismissed

    challenge mounted by the company in recent weeks related to air quality regulation at the Clairton Coke

  • A Change in Air Quality After the Closure of the Shenango Coke Plant

    Since the DTE Energy Shenango Coke Plant ended production in January, air pollution from the battery The Shenango coke battery operated for 54 years. Less than a month later, DTE Energy announced plans to shut down the Shenango coke battery, blaming a downturn in the U.S. steel industry and a reduced demand for coke. I told my husband that the coke ovens must be off already.”

  • Shenango Coke: Air Quality Compliance Issues Continue

    We recently checked up on Shenango Inc.’s compliance with limitations on the sulfur content of its coke oven gas, visible emissions from the door areas of its coke ovens, and visible emissions from its battery Shenango reported no violations of the limitation on the sulfur content of its coke oven gas during the only one violation of a limitation that prohibits visible emissions from more than five percent of the coke ShenangoCokeWorks #NevilleIsland #emissions #combustionstack #AlleghenyCountyHealthDepartment #ACHD #cokeovengas

  • GASP to Board of Health: More Needs to Be Done to Alert Residents During Industrial Emergencies

    Steel’s Clairton Coke Works left the community reeling, and while the Allegheny County Health Department Steel’s Clairton Coke Works.

  • BREAKING: Allegheny County Health Department Investigating Breakdown at U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works

    Steel's Clairton Coke Works facility last night, as well as elevated concentrations of both hydrogen Here is the statement: Statement from ACHD on US Steel's Clairton Coke Works Breakdown PITTSBURGH – Last The reports indicate there was elevated sulfur levels in coke oven gas while repairs took place within As a result, the gas produced during coke-making - called coke oven gas - was only partly cleaned by Steel’s Clairton coking facility.”     Despite U.S.

  • GASP Issues 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue Shenango Coke

    To learn more about our previous work with Shenango Coke, including the text of our 60-day notice, please labalme@pennfuture.org Tom Hoffman, Clean Water Action, 412-523-2255, tomhoffman@cleanwater.org Shenango Coke Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) describes coke oven emissions as “among the most toxic of all air pollutants.”[2] Emissions from coke plants include benzene and other carcinogens, hydrogen sulfide “From my perspective, the Shenango coke plant is out of control.

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