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  • 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

  • GASP Joins ACCAN, Community, in Celebration of 10 Years of Cleaner Air Following Shenango Coke Works Closure

    Wednesday for a reunion event celebrating a decade of cleaner air since the closure of the Shenango Coke “In our nearly 60-year history, our work related to the Shenango Coke Works is among GASP’s most impactful

  • 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.”

  • OSHA Fines U.S. Steel $118K for Safety Violations Following Deadly August Explosion at Clairton Coke Works

    Steel $118,000 for safety violations stemming from the deadly August explosion at the 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.

  • 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

  • EPA Wants to Revise Coke Oven Emissions Standards, But Not Enough to Address Unacceptable Risks

    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this summer proposed policy revisions that will impact coke-making Steel’s Clairton Coke Works and Cleveland Cliffs’ coke ovens in Monessen. sources within those facilities: First, the NESHAPs for Coke Oven Batteries were promulgated in 1993 Second, the NESHAPs for Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks were promulgated in 2003. Three Revisions That Could Most Impact Clairton, Monessen Mills First, EPA will require all coke-making

  • 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.

  • U.S. Steel Projects Emissions Increases Following Pollution Reduction Project at Clairton Coke Works

    Steel’s Clairton Coke Works – and we need YOUR help to ensure it does what it is intended to do: Reduce let’s back up for a minute and explain: A PEC Baghouse reduces emissions that result when finished coke Steel and ACHD related to ongoing air quality issues at the Clairton Coke Works. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works to let ACHD know that this is not acceptable. If U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works directly to ACHD.

  • U.S. Seel Fined $301K for Air Pollution Violations at Clairton Coke Works

    Steel for air pollution violations that occurred at the Clairton Coke Works during the third quarter Steel for violations that occurred at the Clairton Coke Works during the second quarter of 2022.

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