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Dec 14, 20202 min read
Mon Valley Residents Suffer Another Bout of Bad Air as Allegheny County Sees 3 More Air Quality Exce
Allegheny County experienced three more air quality exceedances this past weekend, with residents of the Mon Valley breathing in the...
Dec 7, 20202 min read
EPA Grant of $5.7 Million Will Support Purchase of Electric Buses in Allegheny County
Good news: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $5.67 million grant to the Allegheny County Health Department...
Nov 23, 20201 min read
UPDATED: Allegheny County Health Department Investigating Technical Issue at Liberty Air Quality Mon
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 1:57 p.m. Monday to reflect the re-issued alert from the Allegheny County Health Department. The...
Nov 23, 20202 min read
Mon Valley Residents Sound Off on Air Pollution, U.S. Steel During Virtual Rally
Longtime Clairton resident Cheryl Hurt on Friday asked people to imagine all the things they are worried about – the pandemic, the...
Nov 18, 20205 min read
About That Rotten Egg Odor Plaguing Your Neighborhood, What Causes It & How U.S. Steel Can Help
Editor’s Note: This blog was updated at 6:47 p.m. Nov. 19 to clarify the health impacts related to hydrogen sulfide. For many in the Mon...
Nov 11, 20201 min read
Watchdog Report: Tuesday Marked Seventh Day in a Row for Hydrogen Sulfide Exceedances in Allegheny C
For the seventh straight day, Allegheny County on Tuesday tallied another air quality exceedance – the 24-hour concentration of hydrogen...
Nov 10, 20202 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Responds to Extended Bout of Bad Air Quality, Again Blames the We
Here at GASP, we’re all about giving credit where credit is due. To that end, we thank the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) for...
Nov 10, 20203 min read
Steps You Can Take to Minimize Impacts of Poor Air Quality as We Wait for ACHD, Industry Action
In air quality warnings issued by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD)...
Nov 9, 20203 min read
Health Department Warns Stagnant Conditions to Continue Through Tuesday Morning, Increased Air Pollu
Awful air quality is expected to persist through Tuesday morning in Allegheny County, with health department officials warning of...
Nov 7, 20202 min read
UPDATED: Mon Valley Experiences More Air Quality Exceedances, ACHD Says Conditions to Persist Throug
Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 4:10 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7 to reflect updated air quality data and table. Levels of hydrogen...
Nov 5, 20203 min read
ACHD Warning of Increased Air Pollution Levels through Monday Reinforces Need for Episodic Weather R
If this news caught you off guard, you weren’t alone. This ominous prediction appeared on what might fairly be called a not-well-traveled...
Oct 12, 20201 min read
Understanding Emissions Points, Operations at U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant
UPDATE: The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a consent decree with U.S....
Oct 7, 20202 min read
ACHD Air Pollution Advisory Committee: Board of Health Should Approve Coke Oven Reg Revisions to Pub
After a lengthy and sometimes contentious back-and-forth discussion, the Allegheny County Health Department’s Air Advisory Committee on...
Oct 6, 20204 min read
Allegheny Co. Controller: ACHD’s Taken “Encouraging Steps” to Stave Off Air Quality Permit Backlog
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner on Tuesday said her office’s audit of the County Health Department’s (ACHD) Clean Air Act...
Sep 29, 20202 min read
UPDATED: Asbestos Abatement Violations Lead to $31K Civil Penalty from ACHD
UPDATE: BRP4 LLC and Level Line Building Co. on Oct. 20 appealed the enforcement order issued by the Allegheny County Health Department....
Sep 24, 20202 min read
Prism Response Inc. Agrees to $13,400 Civil Penalty to Settle Alleged Asbestos Abatement Violations
The payment was part of a consent order and agreement between Prism Response and the ACHD finalized Sept. 22. As part of the settlement,...
Sep 23, 20202 min read
Changes to DEP Air Quality Program’s Fee Schedule Approved by PA Commission, Now Waits for Green Lig
Here’s some good news on the air quality front: Pennsylvania’s Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) on Sept. 17 approved the...
Sep 3, 20203 min read
Allegheny County Board of Health Greenlights $340K Air Toxics Study, Additional H2S Monitoring
The Allegheny County Board of Health on Wednesday approved several Clean Air Fund requests, including a $340,544 proposal for a...
Aug 28, 20201 min read
Swissvale-Based Kopp Glass Appeals ACHD Enforcement Order
Swissvale-based Kopp Glass has appealed an enforcement order issued by the Allegheny County Health Department July 27 requiring it to...
Aug 27, 20203 min read
GASP Delivers Widely-Supported Petition to ACHD Demanding Public Update on Emissions Issues at U.S.
Media Contact: Amanda Gillooly GASP Communications Manager amanda@gasp-pgh.org/ 412-924-0604 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GASP Delivers...
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