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Allegheny County Health Dept. Hearing on a Fully Funded Air Quality Program

Date
Aug 19, 2024
Time
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Venue
Health Department Office
Organizer
Allegheny County Health Department
The public comment period is now open for an Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) proposal to increase funding for its air quality program in part through increasing fees imposed upon industrial air polluters.
GASP (Group Against Smog and Pollution) was the first to sound the alarm over the Air Quality Program’s newest funding woes, and teamed up with Breathe Project, Clean Air Council, Environmental Integrity Project, and PennEnvironment to get residents to join us in telling the Allegheny County Board of Health last week to approve the plan for public input – a collective advocacy success.
Allegheny County needs a fully funded Air Quality Program. Air quality issues remain one of our area’s leading public health issues, and we need to arm our regulators with the necessary resources.
GASP staff is currently reviewing the plan with the proverbial fine-tooth comb and will be submitting comments – and we hope you do, too! Because ACHD needs all the brain power it can get to ensure its Air Quality Program is fully funded.