Health Department officials could deny Bluestone a permit if the company were to fail to resolve enough of the problems related to its past violations. The EPA did not immediately respond about whether it will strengthen the terms of the consent decree. There’s more we can do to hold them accountable.”The proposed consent decree calls for monitoring of a single pollutant, sulfur dioxide, which can harm people’s lungs. But the consent decree would allow Bluestone to sidestep extensive rounds of monitoring for other toxic chemicals in the air. Before the company suspended coke production, the Health Department was not routinely monitoring for toxic air pollutants on the city’s north side.

Source: Daily Nation December 12, 2022 22:02 UTC