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To: Allegheny County Council Leadership
VOTE YES ON OPERATING PERMIT FEE INCREASES. IT WILL COST OUR TAXPAYERS NOTHING
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has recommended increased fees to cover their staff costs for the operating permits that they are required to prepare for polluting industries.
The Clean Air Act requires ACHD to charge fees that are sufficient to cover the cost of administering the program.
The fee increase places the burden of covering these costs on the industries that are harming our health. It will cost taxpayers nothing.
Please sign the petition asking that County Leadership Vote YES on operating permit fee increase.
Why is this important?
As Allegheny County Council prepares to vote on the fee increase, U.S. Steel lobbyists are making the case that it is unfair for the company to have to pay perhaps $50,000 for a few such permits every five years.
U.S. Steel earned $2.14 Billion in 2023, spent $1.65 Million on lobbying this year, and pays its 13 board members $175,000 annually.
The fee increase would amount to a fraction of the millions in fines the company pays each year for air pollution violations in what amounts to a “pay to pollute” arrangement.
Please sign the petition asking that County Leadership Vote YES on operating permit fee increase
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