The Former LTV Coke Oven Plant Hazelwood, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

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The Former LTV Coke Oven PlantHazelwood,
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

• Nia Rodgers
• December 2, 1999

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Presentation Overview

• General Information
• History
• Remediation
• Present Status
• Development Plans
• Issues

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Former LTV Coke Works Site Information

• 168 Acres
• North shore of Mon along 2nd Avenue
• Coke Works demolished
• Bordered by 2nd Avenue and Hazelwood, CSX, Scotch
  Bottom, and the Pittsburgh Technology Center

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History

• First beehive oven in 1884 by Jones Laughlin
• hot rolled bar mills 9early 190s to mid 1980s)
• cold finish bar mill (early 1940s to early
  1980s)
• Sinter Plant (early 1940s to early 1980s)
• Supporting Shops and services
• recovery coke ovens (mid 1920s to early 1998)

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HistoryLTV at Closing

• 1.4 million tons of coal/year
• 900 employed
• 258 coke ovens operation
• non-competitive prices 138/ton vs 120 offered
  by U.S. Steel

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HistoryLTV at Closing

• Non-competitive prices 138/ton vs U.S. Steels
  120/ton
• Old ovens
• collapsed and cracking walls
• doors no longer sealed
• warped building structures impaired use of
  environmental controls
• mounting environmental standards violations and
  fines
• 500M cost to repair

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HistoryLTV Closing

• Shut down removed
• 1095 tons Sulfur Dioxide
• 1806 tons nitrous oxides
• 314 tons particulate matter
• 64 tons volatile organic compounds

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Sun Coal Proposal

• Proposal to build new non-recovery coke ovens on
  site
• Vigorously supported by Mayor Murphy
• would employ 150-300 and produce 1.9 M tons of
  coal/year
• would release same amount of nitrous oxides,
  sulfur dioxide and particulates as old plant
• school board rejected tax free zone
• ACHDP requested Selective Catalytic Reduction
  systme or BACT
• Community Groups CHOC and GASP protest loudly
• Spring 1999 LTV and Sun Coal fail to resubmit
  proposal to ACHDP thus eliminating possibility of
  new coke plant

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Remediation

• ACT 2, Site Specific remediation begun in 1997
• Phase 1 Decomissioning began with shut down of
  plant
• Phase II Site Characterization
• Groundwater monitoring wells
• soil borings
• VOC and sulfur dioxide expected near coal
  preparing areas and ovens.
• Tar, ammonia, napthalene, oils and ammonium
  sulfide expected near gas recovery systems
• soil contamination exceeds residential standards
• demolition of structures on site
• final claen up and remediation plan expected by
  summer 2000

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Infrastructure

• On Site
• small warehouse and shed
• shell of the former powerhouse
• one dirt road
• remnants of service lines from CSX
• floating wharf
• ice breakers
• 3 loading docks
• Most infrastructure appears in fair to poor
  condition except for the docks
• Regional Infrastructure
• Active Railroad lines on 2nd Avenue side
• 20 miles from Pittsburgh International
• 4 miles from downtown
• Proposed connecting bridges to South Side
• Proposed Mon Fayette Expressway

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Development Plans

• Department of City Planning
• River Front Trails
• Industrial and commercial campus as extension of
  PTC
• More friendly public access to the riverfront
• Redevelopment of 2nd Avenue
• parks
• new landscaping
• consolidation of small parcels into larger
  parcels to attract offices, commercial and light
  industry

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Unresolved Issues

• Connecting site to surrounding community
• Addressing needs of concerned community groups
• Attracting development to blighted area
• Funding clean up