Allegheny County Health Department Responds to ‘State of the Air’ Report
Editor’s Note: The below information was taken from a press release issued Monday by the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) in...
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Apr 29, 20193 min read
DEP Proposes Air Permit Fee Schedule Change, Public Comments Sought
Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board on April 13 published proposed amendments to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental...
Apr 29, 20193 min read
PennEnvironment, Clean Air Council Sue U.S. Steel for Clean Air Act Violations in Pittsburgh
Two area environmental groups—PennEnvironment and Clean Air Council—on Monday announced that they had filed suit against U.S. Steel,...
Apr 2, 20192 min read
U.S. Steel Fined Over $700,000 for Air Quality Violations in Third, Fourth Quarters of 2018
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) on April 1 announced via a press release that it had levied a fine of $707,568 against U.S....
Mar 27, 20195 min read
PennFuture Campaign to Engage Residents in Telling U.S. Steel to Improve Clairton Coke Works
Editor’s Note: We wanted to make sure everyone saw this new campaign from our friends at PennFuture. The below blog was taken from a...
Mar 11, 20192 min read
Air Quality 101: Smell Something? Say Something!
Take a deep breath. Smell something acrid or chemical? How about the odor of rotten eggs? Then report it! While the Pennsylvania...
Jan 24, 20194 min read
GASP to ACHD: Deny Eastman Chemical’s Changes Until Consent Order Obligations Met
GASP on Feb. 14 submitted formal comments related to draft installation permits for the Eastman Chemical’s Jefferson Hills facility,...
Dec 6, 20183 min read
Clairton Residents Urge U.S. Steel to Focus on Cleanup
Dec. 3, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Geoff Bland, Clean Water Action gbland@cleanwater.org, (412) 765-3053 Zachery Barber, PennEnvironment...
Sep 26, 20183 min read
Health Department Tracks Down Source of Rotten Egg Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions
A year ago GASP began urging the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) to do more to eliminate violations of the County’s hydrogen...
Sep 11, 20182 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Commits to Clear Permit Backlog After EPA Scrutiny
Title V of the Clean Air Act requires that each major source of air pollution (as well as certain minor sources) have an operating permit...
Aug 21, 20183 min read
EPA Finds Room for Improvement With Allegheny County’s Title V Operating Permit Program
GASP has blogged about the backlog of Title V Operating Permits at the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) from time to time over...
Aug 16, 20182 min read
U.S. Steel’s Appeals Clairton Coke Enforcement Order; Latest Skirmish in Decades-Long Fight
On June 28, 2018, the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) fined U.S. Steel approximately $1.1 million for multiple violations of...
Jul 10, 20183 min read
GASP, Clean Air Council Sue Allegheny Co. Over Illegal Use of Clean Air & Title V Funds
Contact: Rachel Filippini Executive Director, Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) 412-924-0604 x201 rachel@gasp-pgh.org Katie Edwards...
May 2, 20182 min read
GASP Urges Health Dept. to Not Squander Clean Air Funds on Building Renovation
Comments delivered to the Allegheny County Board of Health on May 2, 2018 Good afternoon. My name is Rachel Filippini. I am the Executive...
Aug 16, 20173 min read
Improvements Needed for Southwestern PA Air Monitoring
In Southwestern Pennsylvania, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) each operate...
Jul 12, 20171 min read
GASP Comments on Proposed Beech Hollow Natural Gas Plant
GASP recently submitted comments to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regarding the new Beech Hollow natural...
May 1, 20171 min read
Allegheny County Health Department Plan to Lower Sulfur Dioxide Levels Modified, Open For Public Com
Recently, the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) published its draft plan to reduce sulfur dioxide levels in the parts of the...
Mar 23, 20174 min read
GASP, Others Give Notice of Intent to Sue Allegheny Ludlum Plant
March 23, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Groups File Notice of Intent to Sue Owners of Steel Plant Over Illegal Air Pollution Pollution from...
Mar 13, 20173 min read
Cuts to EPA Will Significantly Impact Southwestern PA
The Trump administration has proposed cutting the EPA’s budget by 25 percent, down to $6.1 billion, and to reduce its workforce by 20...
Feb 20, 20173 min read
Pittsburgh Public School Buses Get Cleaner, But More Work Is Needed
Last summer, Pittsburgh Public Schools and the bus companies that provide student transportation to them finalized their Pupil...
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