Feds, Pennsylvania county sue company, contractor over alleged air pollution from slag dumping

By AP
Monday, November 23, 2009

Feds, Pa. county sue company over slag dumping

NATRONA, Pa. — The federal government and the Allegheny County Health Department have sued Allegheny Ludlum Corp. and a contractor for alleged air pollution violations at a slag dump near Pittsburgh.

The lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court, says Ludlum and Harsco, based in Camp Hill, have been violating the Clean Air Act by allowing nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide and other pollutants into the air at a slag dump. The dump is near Ludlum’s silicon steel plant in Natrona, about 25 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

The suit seeks federal and state fines totaling up to $57,500 per day for alleged violations since an August 2007 inspection.

Ludlum spokesman Dan Greenfield said the company doesn’t comment on litigation. A Harsco spokesman said the company is reviewing the lawsuit.

Discussion
February 5, 2010: 11:15 am

Air is the most important element of human environment. Man can’t live a single moments without air. But we don’t think that it is we who pollute this most vital element. Clean air is essential for life. Air is polluted in many ways. Smoke pollutes air. Man makes fires to cook his food.To make bricks burns refuse, melts pitch for road construction and burns wood. All these things produce heavy smoke and this smoke pollutes air. Railway engines, power houses, mills and factories use coal and oil. buses, tucks and cars use petrol and diesel oil. Again all these things create smoke and cause air pollution. The most serious air pollution occurs in big industrial areas where there are many mills and factories. serious air pollution also occurs in big cities where there are many buses, trucks and cars plying the street everyday. Sometimes men in big industrial area become so sick by inhaling polluted air that they cannot be cued. So proper measures and steps should be taken to prevent air pollution.

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