(File Photo: Source for Photo: The Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel coking plant, is seen Monday, Aug 11, 2025, in Clairton, Penn. (AP Photo/Gene Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Clairton, PA) The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) says it has been notified by U.S. Steel of a pollution control equipment breakdown at the Clairton Coke Works plant. That department stated in a release yesterday afternoon that a breakdown is when equipment is not properly working and more pollution then normal gets released. The cause of the breakdown is under investigation and U.S. Steel is required to submit a report within seven days. The ACHD also confirms that Control Room 2 of the plant went offline around 8:05 p.m. on Tuesday due to a breakdown. That caused Control Rooms 2 and 5 to not process coke oven gas, which was then combusted at the facility. The outage lasted until around 8:20 p.m. on Wednesday and the equipment is now back online.