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Air pollution problems from US Steel Clairton Coke Works prompt two lawsuits - Report-2019 China(Guangzhou) Int’l Laser Equipment and Sheet Metal Industry Exhibition
4/18/2019 - Laser Equipment, Sheet Metal Industry expo |
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State Impact reported that 2 lawsuits announced this week stem from air pollution problems tied to the steel industry. In one, PennFuture, the Sierra Club and other groups seek to force the Environmental Protection Agency to update its standards for coke ovens across the country. The other comes from an East Pittsburgh woman who filed a class action suit on behalf of Mon Valley residents following December’s fire that damaged pollution controls at US Steel’s Clairton Coke Works near Pittsburgh.
The PennFuture suit against EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler focuses on two standards that have to do with how coke oven facilities are operated. The standards targeted by the suit took effect in 2005. The EPA was supposed to review them after eight years, but it never did, said Tosh Sagar, an attorney with Earthjustice, which is representing the environmental groups. He said that “Fourteen years have passed and they haven’t done anything since, so the point of this lawsuit is to get the EPA to do its job to study the problem and figure out what additional protections should be put in place.”
Mr Sagar said that the review process involves consulting with the steel industry to determine the best practices and technologies in place at coke ovens.
The EPA said it does not comment on pending litigation. A US Steel spokesperson said the company is reviewing the complaint and “will respond appropriately and in accordance with court requirements.”
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