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GASP is calling on the health department to give an update about a recent notice of violation against U.S. Steel regarding H2S exceedances.
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There has been an average of one H2S exceedance every fourth day for the past three months.
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The newest air quality exceedances beg the question: What is happening at U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works so far this year regarding H2S?
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Did you get a whiff of an overwhelming rotten-egg odor yesterday? Because concentrations of hydrogen sulfide exceeded state limits. Again.
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How? By taking voluntary measures to mitigate air pollution during inversion as local episodic weather regs go through the approval process.
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Allegheny County Health Department on Wednesday issued an alert regarding today's poor air quality, warning there could be more exceedances.
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That makes seven days of exceedances so far this month.
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The newest air quality exceedance happened on a day when Clairton had the worst AQI in the nation.
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The proposed changes are desperately needed and expected to help buoy enforcement & compliance efforts.
Allegheny County Health Department issued a demand for stipulated penalties against the Mon Valley steel-maker on March 12.
This week, Allegheny County also experienced its first exceedance of the health-based standard for particle pollution.
One was for particle pollution - the first of 2021.
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