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Jun 18, 20191 min read
Court Grants Motion for Health Department to Intervene in Federal Suit Against U.S. Steel
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) announced in a press release Tuesday afternoon that its motion to intervene in the...
Jun 17, 20192 min read
(UPDATED) Allegheny County Health Department Issues Emergency Order Against U.S. Steel
Editor’s Note: This story was updated to include the statement of Allegheny County Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald, as well as updates...
Jun 17, 20193 min read
ACHD: Public Should Be Aware of Potential Elevated SO2 Levels Following Newest U.S. Steel Fire
UPDATE: U.S. Steel issued a statement Monday night indicating that its desulfurization unit was back online. On Tuesday afternoon, the...
Jun 13, 20193 min read
GASP Submits Comments on ACHD Air Quality Monitoring Plan, County SIP
At GASP, we take a three-fold approach to improving air quality: We educate, we advocate, and we do legal watchdog work to ensure that...
Jun 4, 20191 min read
U.S. Steel Appeals Latest ACHD Civil Penalty
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) announced Tuesday that U.S. Steel has appealed the most recent civil penalty. The $337,670...
May 24, 20191 min read
Health Dept. Director Dr. Hacker to Depart Allegheny County in July
County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced in a press release Friday that Dr. Karen Hacker, director of the Allegheny County Health...
May 13, 20191 min read
U.S. Steel Fined for First Quarter Violations of 2019 & Failed Stack Test
This marks the fourth civil penalty levied against U.S. Steel since June of 2018, totaling more than $2.3 million. In addition, the...
May 10, 20193 min read
Mon Valley Residents Speak out About How Air Pollution from U.S. Steel Fire Impacted Their Lives
A crowd of residents from Clairton and surrounding communities packed the Church of Jesus Christ on Reed Street for an opportunity to...
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...
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...
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Petition: Don’t Spend Air Quality Funds on Office Renovation
Editor's Note: The petition period is now closed. Thank you to all who signed. Allegheny County’s air quality is among the worst in the...
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...
Nov 16, 20175 min read
Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Proposes to Allow Additional 2K Tons per Year of Air Pollution from ATI
Allegheny County Health Department Proposes to Allow More Air Pollution from Steel Plant After Department Failed to Issue Operating...
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