[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 147 (Wednesday, September 5, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H7833]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         TONAWANDA COKE NEEDS TO COMPLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, on September 3, first 
responders were called to a fire at Tonawanda Coke in western New York. 
As they approached the blaze, the company blocked them from entering 
the plant.
  This obstruction of firefighters from the blaze threatened the health 
and safety of first responders, plant employees, and the surrounding 
neighborhood.
  Tonawanda Coke has a long history of this kind of erratic corporate 
behavior and is in violation of Federal and State environmental laws, 
including dozens of provisions of the Clean Air Act.
  The Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department 
of Environmental Conservation needs to put an end to Tonawanda Coke's 
reckless actions.
  Tonawanda Coke needs to be made to comply with the letter of any and 
all environmental law, or they should be shut down.

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