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On October 23, 2024, the CleanAir Council and the Environment Integrity Project filed a notice of intent to sue the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County for emitting particulate matter (PM 2.5) and nitrogen oxides in violation of the federal CleanAirAct, the state AirPollution Control Act and the plant's permit. "As
Shell Petrochemical Plant Penalties In May 2023, the Shell Petrochemical Plant served by the pipeline signed a consent order that included over $17 million in penalties to resolve airpollution violations-- over $12.6 million in penalty payments and $5 million in local community environmental restoration funding. Read more here.
On June 4, the CleanAir Council said US Steel is taking steps to comply with the lawsuit settlement to reduce harmful airpollution from the Clairton Coke [Coal] Works in Allegheny County. The closure was confirmed in a filing with the Allegheny County Health Department on May 30, 2024.
In a major win for community members in South Memphis, Tennessee, a facility emitting a toxic airpollutant— ethylene oxide (EtO)—announced late last month that it will close its doors. We also estimated that EtO emissions contributed to more than 80 percent of the cancer risk attributable to toxic airpollution around the facility.
On April 12, 2024, the Shell Petrochemical Plant requested the Department of Environmental Protection to classify the composition and flow rate of gases going to be burned off at flares and the airpollution sources and pollution control equipment operating at the Beaver County facility confidential business information.
District Court on Monday a proposed consent decree in settlement of their federal CleanAirAct lawsuit against United States Steel Corporation. Steel will pay a $5 million penalty -- by far the largest in a CleanAirAct citizen enforcement suit in Pennsylvania history, and one of the three largest ever nationally.
Truck traffic has been on the rise , even during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that increase means even more airpollution in communities already disproportionately impacted by the public health emergency. This fight by industry to delay, obstruct, and otherwise thwart stronger regulation has devastating consequences.
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penalty and $5 million restitution from the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County for airpollution violations; -- $1.4 million penalty against Halliburton Energy Services for 255 violations of the state Solid Waste Management Act; -- $1.5 DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties [Shared Equally], Plus $1.4
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The Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program provides $5 billion in grants to states, local governments, tribes, and territories to develop and implement ambitious plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful airpollution. billion for competitive implementation grants. When will enforcement begin?
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The $42 million agreement will resolve a case alleging thousands of violations of airpollution standards that stemmed from a catastrophic 2018 fire and subsequent pollution control system breakdowns at the company’s three Mon Valley Works facilities: the Clairton Coke Works and the Edgar Thomson and Irvin steel mills.
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