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. Steel for the third and fourth quarters of 2018 because of continued emissions problems at the Clairton Coke Works facility. This marks the third civil penalty levied against U.S. Steel since June of 2018, totaling more…
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UPDATED March 13, 2019: Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) announced March 12 that it has revised its enforcement order issued February 28th against U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works (Edgar Thompson Plant, Irvin Plant and Clairton Coke Works). The action was taken in response to the plan submitted by U.S. Steel on March 7. Per the revised order (http://bit.ly/2F7uqft), U.S. Steel…
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Posted February 28th, 2019 by Amanda Gillooly in Blog. Tagged Allegheny County Health Department, Clairton Coke Works, enforcement order, Group Against Smog and Pollution, John Baillie, SO2 emissions, sulfur dioxide, U.S. Steel, U.S. Steel Irvin Plant, U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works
