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
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
