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Residents and environmental groups press council to approve ACHD air-permit fee increase to fully fund Title V program
Summary
Multiple residents and environmental groups urged Allegheny County Council to approve a proposed increase to air quality permit fees so the Allegheny County Health Department can fully staff and run its Title V permitting program.
Residents, public-health advocates and environmental groups urged Allegheny County Council to act on a proposed increase in air quality permit fees, saying the change is necessary to fully fund the Allegheny County Health Department’s Title V permitting program and to keep the county’s clean air fund focused on community projects.
Speakers at the public-comment period included Patrick Campbell, executive director of the Group Against Smog and Pollution, who told council the proposal has been pending since June 2024 and that delay was depriving vulnerable communities of nearly a half-million dollars from the clean air fund. “Now it’s again languishing in committee despite all of the pleas to move it to the…
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