Take a deep breath. Smell something acrid or chemical? How about the odor of rotten eggs? Then report it! While the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (more commonly referred to as DEP) regulates air quality in the Keystone State, Allegheny and Philadelphia Counties do things a little differently. Instead of being regulated by DEP, air-quality issues are instead handled by…
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Posted March 11th, 2019 by Amanda Gillooly in Blog. Tagged air quality, Air Quality Index, Allegheny County Health Department, carbon monoxide, DEP, Department of Environmental Protection, foul odors, GASP, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide
UPDATE: Erie Coke Works on March 7 filed an appeal to DEP’s Feb. 14 order. The Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Northwest Regional office on Feb. 4 issued an administrative order to Erie Coke Corp. (ECC) demanding it take action to correct air quality violations believed to be “ongoing and continuous” during the previous 18 months. The order lists 59…
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