<p>The Allegheny County Health Department has issued a penalty of USD 1,842,530 against the United States Steel Corporation Clairton Coke Plant for 153 Hydrogen Sulfide hourly exceedances during 1 January 2020 through 1 March 2022, which resulted in a rotten egg smell & in longstanding quality of life complaints from residents experiencing the exceedances. Allegheny County Executive Mr Rich Fitzgerald said “While Allegheny County has been in attainment with federal air standards for two years, we still recognize that there is much to do to ensure that we continue to improve the quality of life of those who call this county home. I commend the Health Department for taking this extraordinary step that was over a year in its making and thank them for continued commitment and efforts to hold polluters accountable."</p> <p>The exceedances were recorded at the Liberty Borough air monitoring station, Liberty Monitor. The fine is the first penalty issued by the Health Department against a single source for H2S exceedances.</p> <p>Pennsylvania’s ambient air quality standards limit concentrations of H2S to 0.005 parts per million per 24-hour period. These ambient standards are incorporated into ACHD's regulations. Data analyzed by the AQ Team identified 46 days of violation in 2020, 94 in 2021, and 13 from January 1 to March 1, 2022.</p>
<p>The Allegheny County Health Department has issued a penalty of USD 1,842,530 against the United States Steel Corporation Clairton Coke Plant for 153 Hydrogen Sulfide hourly exceedances during 1 January 2020 through 1 March 2022, which resulted in a rotten egg smell & in longstanding quality of life complaints from residents experiencing the exceedances. Allegheny County Executive Mr Rich Fitzgerald said “While Allegheny County has been in attainment with federal air standards for two years, we still recognize that there is much to do to ensure that we continue to improve the quality of life of those who call this county home. I commend the Health Department for taking this extraordinary step that was over a year in its making and thank them for continued commitment and efforts to hold polluters accountable."</p> <p>The exceedances were recorded at the Liberty Borough air monitoring station, Liberty Monitor. The fine is the first penalty issued by the Health Department against a single source for H2S exceedances.</p> <p>Pennsylvania’s ambient air quality standards limit concentrations of H2S to 0.005 parts per million per 24-hour period. These ambient standards are incorporated into ACHD's regulations. Data analyzed by the AQ Team identified 46 days of violation in 2020, 94 in 2021, and 13 from January 1 to March 1, 2022.</p>
