(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – United States Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa. is shown on Feb. 26, 2019. U.S. Steel, the Pittsburgh steel producer that played a key role in the nation’s industrialization, is being acquired by Nippon Steel in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $14.1 billion. The transaction is worth about $14.9 billion when including the assumption of debt. Nippon, which will pay $55 per share for U.S. Steel, said Monday, Dec. 18, 2023 that the deal will bolster its manufacturing and technology capabilities. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) The Allegheny County Health Department held a public hearing yesterday to get feedback on U.S. Steel’s proposed hot strip mill.

U.S. Steel applied for a permit to install this new hot strip mill at its Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock.

According to the company, the hot strip mill, which is capable of producing up to 3,500,000 tons of hot rolled steel annually, will replace the existing hot strip mill at U.S. Steel’s Irvin Plant in West Mifflin.

The feedback for that hot strip mill had mixed reactions, with some agreeing with it and others disagreeing with it.

Several speakers spoke in support of it, saying that it will create job opportunities and modernize operations.

However, some residents said that they fear that the emissions will add to generations of health issues.

Allegheny County will accept written comments about the hot strip mill by the public through Tuesday, November 17th.

A decision date on the permit for this hot strip mill has not been set at this time.