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EPA Objects To Allegheny County's Air Quality Permit For The US Steel Edgar Thomson Plant

PA Environment Daily

In the petition, environmental groups argued that the Title V permit did not include monitoring and testing requirements sufficient to assure compliance with multiple air quality emissions limitations for multiple emissions sources, and improperly eliminated certain emissions limitations. Steel Edgar Thomson by ACHD.

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DEP: Penalties Collected From Air Pollution Violations At Webco's Oil City Facility Funds Local Park Projects In Venango County

PA Environment Daily

Webco and DEP entered the consent order and agreement following Webco’s disclosure that carbon monoxide (CO) emissions from the facility were significantly higher than previously known.

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Environmental Groups File Notice Of Intent To Sue Shell Chemical For Air Pollution Violations At Its Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

PA Environment Daily

Shell also emitted nitrogen oxide (NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO) from sources at the plant in the final months of 2022 at rates that exceed permit limits, according to the notice of intent to sue.

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'Asthma & the Environment' Quiz - Did you Get the Answers Right?

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For World Asthma Day on the 5th May, we decided to test the public's knowledge about the environmental connection to asthma. Here we reveal the answers if you haven't taken the test yet - why not take the quiz here first! b) Short-term and long-term exposures to high levels of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and PM 2.5

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DEP Issues Three More Air Quality Violations To Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Related To Emergency Flaring, Exceeding 12-Month Air Pollution Limits

PA Environment Daily

Shell also violated its 12-month emission limit for carbon monoxide-- 393.595-- by reporting 1,060.320 tons. DEP and Shell must efficiently provide monitoring, testing, and malfunction data in usable forms to the public.” tons of nitrogen oxides. Shell reported emissions of 393.595. 27 Released 1.1

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DEP Awards 4 Grants Totaling $2.9 Million To Replace Old Diesel With Clean-Energy Vehicles

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency emissions tests. By replacing older polluting engines and equipment with new technologies, funded projects remove nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and hydrocarbon pollution from the air. On September 30, the Department of Environmental Protection announced $2.9

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DEP Update On United Refining Company Naphtha Storage Tank Roof Failure In Warren

PA Environment Daily

Each monitor provided continuous sampling for hydrogen sulfide, volatile organic compounds, oxygen, carbon monoxide and lower explosive limit levels. Using an abundance of caution, DEP did conduct additional SUMMA testing during the period in which United opened the tank to remove the remaining liquid from the tank.