The Indiana Department of Environmental Management extended its public comment period for the U.S. Steel Gary Works’ air quality permit, but there’s no definitive timeline for the agenc…
Gary resident Steve Mays addresses IDEM employees during a public hearing on the Gary Works Air Permit renewal on Thursday, April 25, 2024.
The Title V Air Draft Permit as it is has issues, according to the Environmental Law & Policy Center. In a paper it passed out at the meeting, ELPC said the permit doesn’t make clear that the EPA’s final revisions controlling hazardous air pollutants will extend to Gary Works, for example, and fails to include adequate monitoring and testing, the paper reads.
Of the eight currently operating integrated steel and iron facilities, Gary Works has “the most significant impact on communities of color and those exposed to lead paint through pre-1960 housing,” the ELPC said. “Fenceline monitoring is not a true measurement of pollution, and the monitoring needs to be at the pollution source along with fenceline monitoring with real-time reporting, not delayed reporting that does not allow for immediate corrective action,” he said.
“Two counties pay for emissions — why are we getting taxed for your pollution!?” he said. “When storms come, we see you open the bleeders and let the contaminants out.”
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