Neville Island area residents gathered at the front gates of Shenango coke works on Wednesday, December 14th to deliver a letter requesting the company hold a public accountability meeting. Community members are concerned about the extreme number of air quality violations that have occurred at the facility over the past year. Shenango was fined $114,000 for 114 violations by the Allegheny County Health Department back in August and there have been at least 40 more recorded violations since then.
The company has appealed the fines instead of stepping up, being a good neighbor, and fixing the problems. Plant manager Steve Guzy met the group of about a dozen community members and activists at the gate, and accepted the letter. He said they were working to fix the problems, and would meet with area residents when the timing was better.
We need the company to talk to us now! We need to know why Shenango is appealing the fines instead of fixing the problems!
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