Environmental Integrity Project, Partners List Industries Requesting Exemptions From EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant Regulations-- 23 In PA

A coalition of health, community, and environmental groups recently released a new map showing more than 500 facilities that emit toxic or hazardous air pollution that have applied for a Presidential two-year exemption from hazardous air pollution limits.

Pennsylvania has the fourth highest number of industries applying for an exemption-- 23.  Texas is first with 99, followed by Louisiana with 54, and Ohio with 28.

The Pennsylvania companies include--

Industrial Plants

US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Plant - Allegheny County

US Steel Mon Valley Works - Allegheny County

American Contract Systems - Butler County

Graymont PA Inc. - Centre County

Cosmed Group LLC - Erie County

Carmeuse Lime Inc. - Lebanon County

B. Braun Med Inc. - Lehigh County

Montgomery Chem Ltd - Montgomery County

Advansix Inc. - Philadelphia

Cleveland Cliffs Monessen Coke [Coal] Plant - Westmoreland County

Magnesita Refractories - York County

Coal Power Plants Exempted In PA

-- Talen Energy- Keystone-Conemaugh Projects, LLC  [Read more here]

-- Conemaugh Station Unit 1 and Unit 2 - Indiana County

-- Keystone Station Unit 1 and Unit 2 - Armstrong County

Coal-Waste Power Plants Exempted

-- Rausch Creek Generation LLC - Coal waste-fired power plant, Tremont, Schuylkill County

-- Olympus Power LLC - Northampton Generating Unit 1 -Coal waste-fired power plant Northampton, Northampton County

-- [Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Cryptocurrency] Panther Creek Power - Panther Creek Pyropower  [Read more here], Unit and Pyropower Unit 2 Coal waste-fired power plant Nesquehoning, Carbon County

-- [Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Cryptocurrency] Scrubgrass Reclamation Company LP - Scrubgrass Generating  [Read more here] Plant/Venango Number 2 CFB Boiler, Number 2 CFB  Boiler (032) Scrubgrass Township, Venango County

-- Seward Generation - Seward Generation Station, Coal waste-fired power plant, Indiana County

-- Ebensburg Power Company - EPC Generating Station Coal waste-fired power plant Ebensburg, Cambria County

-- Colver Power Project - Inter-Power/Ahlcon Partners, LP - Coal Waste - Cambria County

-- Schuylkill Energy Resources -  St. Nicholas Cogeneration Project Coal waste-fired power plant Shenandoah, Schuylkill County

-- Ri-Corp Development Inc, Gilberton Power Company - John B. Rich Memorial

Power Station Coal waste-fired power plant Frackville, Schuylkill County

-- Mount Carmel Cogen Inc. -  Mount Carmel Cogen Power Plant Coal waste-fired power plant Marion Heights, Northumberland County

Click Here for a spreadsheet showing the list.

Individuals using the map can input their home address to see which facilities are near them.

Click Here for the Environmental Integrity Project announcement.

Resource Link:

-- EPA: Clean Air Act Presidential Exemption Request Information; Send Requests To: airaction @ epa.gov  [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Companies Requesting Exemptions From Hazardous Air Pollution Standards In Western PA, Including Clairton Coke [Coal] Works 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: US Steel Requests 2 Year Exemption From Hazardous Air Pollution Limits At Clairton Coke [Coal] Works 

-- The Allegheny Front: President’s 2-Year Exemption From Hazardous Air Pollutant Regs Gives Coal Plants ‘A Free Pass To Pollute’

-- WESA: US Steel, Western PA Coal Power Plants Seek 2-Year Exemptions From Federal Air Pollution Rules

[Posted: May 8, 2025]  PA Environment Digest