WELL, SHANNON, IT’S U.S. STEEL’S CLAIRTON COKE WORKS, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, HAS FACED SIGNIFICANT PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING AIR POLLUTION STANDARDS. YOU CAN’T SEE BENZENE COMING OUT OF THE CLAIRTON COKE WORKS, BUT YOU CAN SMELL IT. VIETNAM VETERAN DAVID MECKEL LIVES IN GLASSPORT, TWO AND A HALF MILES FROM THE CLAIRTON COKE WORKS. LAST MONTH, THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HELD A HEARING IN CLAIRTON ON A POLLUTION PERMIT FOR THE COKE WORKS. Vance, is asking the EPA not to adopt the benzene rule and other regulations.
