Lame joke. Sorry, sorry: Sometimes if you can’t laugh, you’ll cry. And the changes on the federal level are coming at a blistering pace. Folks are concerned about rollbacks of crucial regulations dealing with coke oven emissions and other followed us and found important air quality updates on X, leaving this platform has been a long time coming

stipulated penalties in the amount of $216,325 for air quality violations that occurred at the Clairton Coke Steel’s compliance has plummeted - especially when it comes to leaking coke oven doors,” GASP Executive

The penalty was assessed because of continued air quality issues at the Clairton Coke Works facility by the ACHD on Oct. 18, for continued emissions problems for the 2nd quarter of 2018 at the Clairton Coke

Stay tuned, more to come from GASP on what this all means. Spoiler: It's a big deal. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works by the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) in November 2022 on the Steel’s Clairton Coke Works is the largest coke plant in North America and a significant source of air that EPA granted our petition and agreed that ACHD must develop a compliance schedule for its Clairton Coke

EPA approved monitors when the need arises like it did last year following the fire at the Clairton Coke robust and comprehensive kind of benzene monitoring that the PA DEP is doing around the now shuttered Erie Coke Corporation.2There could also be an opportunity for more comprehensive monitoring of manganese,

Bellevue to outline their concerns over repeated, ongoing air pollution violations from the Shenango Coke our health and the health of our children due to the ongoing air quality issues in the area from the coke to air that is being polluted by these violations at the coke works. urge the Allegheny County Health Department to take action to rein in the violations by the Shenango Coke To stay current on this air quality issue, please visit our Project Page, DTE Shenango Coke.

Steel's Clairton Coke Works facility. You can get the skinny on the hearing regarding portions of the Clairton Coke Works' Title V operating Steel’s Clairton Coke Works emits myriad harmful pollutants - from fine particulate matter and carbon The facility is the largest coke plant in North America and - as residents know all too well - is a major Steel for its Clairton Coke Works facility still does not include a proper compliance schedule for these

gave you a “déjà vu all over again” sort of feeling, it’s probably because the issue of the Clairton Coke HOW DID CLAIRTON COKE’S TITLE V PERMIT REAPPEAR ON THE RADAR? Steel’s Clairton Coke Works. It was a long time coming: U.S. a new Compliance Plan Requirement, but there isn’t a clear statement of what processes at Clairton Coke We appreciate that Clairton Coke is a large, complex facility, but ACHD could have at least listed the

How did ACHD come up with the penalty amount? “Unfortunately, that spin comes as no surprise – just more gaslighting from the most egregious air polluter

gas, and water wells) and as a result of industrial activity (including, most notably for our region, coke Here’s a look at those spikes: You might be asking yourself at this point, “But where does the stuff come Steel’s Clairton Coke Works facility. You can read more about all that here .