The Environmental Law and Policy Center and other Midwest organizations submitted comments to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management about proposed changes to a U.S. Steel Gary Works permit.

“These proposed modifications fail to set reasonable particulate matter emissions limits and make it difficult for IDEM and the public to know whether U.S. Steel is complying with those limits,” Elise Zaniker, associate attorney with ELPC, said in a statement. “The public has a right to know how much particulate matter this unit will emit and whether U.S. Steel is complying with its Title V air permit.”

The modification would revise sections of a permit that regulates the pig iron caster unit’s particulate matter emissions, which is a pollutant that can lead to increased rates of asthma,

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