Alarming plan to gut the DEP: sign-on letter

Below is the text of a letter by attorneys at the Environmental Integrity Project, protesting a proposal to gut the regulatory powers of the PA DEP.  You can sign onto this letter here.  Please do!  DEADLINE TO ADD YOUR NAME:  Sept 22 at noon!

September 23, 2019 

Subject: Citizen Opposition to House Bills 1106 and 1107 

To the Honorable Thomas W. Wolf, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Honorable Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and Honorable Members of the Pennsylvania Senate: 

How much faster does the petro-chemical buildout in Pennsylvania need to be? 

The General Assembly of Pennsylvania is poised to vote on a package of bills known as Energize PA. These bills are intended to pour fuel on the already growing wildfire of oil and gas expansion in the state. Two of these bills – HB 1106 and HB 1107, will be voted on this week. If passed, the General Assembly will be doing just what industry wants . . . turning the Commonwealth into a Welcome Wagon for all things oil and gas, at the reckless expense of public health, the environment, and quality of life. 

Hidden in these sweeping proposals, under the guise of economic growth and expansion, are measures that will do more than just line the pockets of oil and gas executives. HB 1106 and HB 1107 also seek to gut the permitting authority of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and transfer it to a newly created and politically appointed 5-person Permitting Commission whose sole task will be to rubber stamp all environmental permit applications. Strong and enforceable permits, with robust provisions for public participation, are what protect people against the health and environmental impacts of all kinds of industrial activities that threaten air and water quality, not just oil and gas. These bills take all of those protections away. 

This cannot be allowed to proceed, but if it does, Pennsylvania will forfeit its authority to implement any federal environmental program until the state seeks approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of these substantial changes. These bills gut a significant portion of DEP’s authority and such a move would require EPA approval. This is because federal laws such as the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act are administered in states through a process where EPA approves (“authorizes”) a state to implement the federal program. If Pennsylvania does submit requests for revisions to its federal authorizations, this process provides for public comment and judicial review of EPA’s final decision-making. And until necessary revision requests are submitted and approved, a process that could prove lengthy, EPA will likely take over permitting, enforcement, and all other responsibilities in 2 

Pennsylvania regarding the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and more. 

This is reckless lawmaking, but not surprising. Together, these bills represent the culmination of a long-game playbook written by the oil and gas industry that has now been plopped into the lap of malleable state legislators. And here’s how it goes. 

Step 1: Starve DEP by slashing funding by 24 percent between fiscal year 2007 and fiscal year 2019 despite the exponential growth of shale gas production – from less than half a billion cubic feet per day in 2008 to more than 18.7 billion cubic feet per day as of June 2019. 

Staffing levels have decreased 23 percent since 2006. The Oil and Gas Program suffered some of the deepest cuts. As of early 2018, this program ran a $600,000 a month deficit, and staff was reduced from 226 to 190 employees compared to 2006, with a 43 percent staff reduction in the Southwest District Office, and 15 percent in the Northwest District Office, both of which assume a sizable portion of the Department’s oil and gas permitting. In 2018, despite these paralyzing cutbacks, DEP managed to issue 2,149 oil and gas permits even though only 917 wells were drilled. So is a faster permit track really needed? 

Step 2: After decimating the agency, complain about the permit “backlog” as the budget-starved DEP struggles to keep up with the avalanche of permit applications from companies who run over local communities in their rush to sink even more gas wells, install tank farms and compressors, build gas processors and petrochemical plants, and pummel the roads and highways with continuous, polluting truck traffic. 

Step 3: Purport to solve the “problem” created by the budget and staff cuts by taking permitting authority away from DEP and give it to a new political commission charged with ensuring that all shale gas projects (and any other activity that requires an environmental permit) never again have to sit down with regulators and work through real environmental problems. Permits will be approved in 30 days or they will be deemed approved – no matter how complex, no matter how technologically complicated the pollution control equipment, no matter how much threat the activity poses to the health of nearby communities. This is all so the shale gas industry, an industry that’s expanded by a factor of 37 since 2008, can overrun the state (in the name of progress) even faster than it has in oil patch states like Texas and Louisiana. 

Thanks to budget cuts, industry lobbyists, and their amen corner in the state legislature, the oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania is already driving a hundred miles an hour, exposing communities to more air and water pollution and increasing the risk of deadly accidents. Now the legislature wants to double a speed limit that is already too dangerous. 

“Expediting” permitting in Pennsylvania is a solution in search of a problem in a state where gas production has increased by a factor of 37 since 2008, much faster than any other state. And the permit “backlog” is a “problem” the state legislature created by hacking away at the budget for environmental protection year after year. And again, because it does bear repeating, permits already are being approved by DEP permit staff at a rate more than three times faster than shale gas projects can be built. 

DEP needs to be supported, not dismantled. In addition to the 2,149 oil and gas permits issued in 2018, DEP also discovered 4,060 oil and gas violations, and collected $4,140,382 in fines and penalties. The Department is not perfect, but there are good people within DEP trying to do the right thing with one hand tied behind their backs due to impediments created by the same legislature that is proposing these reckless bills. 

These bills must be defeated and funding and appropriate staffing levels must be restored to DEP. If these bills are passed, Governor Wolf must veto them. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Lisa Hallowell, Senior Attorney 

The Environmental Integrity Project 

Philadelphia, PA 19106 

202-294-3282 

Lhallowell@environmentalintegrity.org 

Lisa Graves Marcucci, 

Coordinator Community Outreach 

The Environmental Integrity Project 

Pittsburgh, PA 15236 

412-897-0569 

lgmarcucci@environmentalintegrity.org 

Additional signatories..

Jobs: Grow OV/Americorps

Grow Ohio Valley, the great food-policy organization just over in Wheeling, WV we heard from at the last Sustainability Salon, is doing some hiring (with the Americorps program)! Several positions are open:  

Communications & Marketing AmeriCorps VISTA - 1 Year - Manage social media, digital marketing, advertising, and other communications activities relating to all aspects of the organization. 

Education Programs Coordinator - 1 Year (Jan/Feb start) | 6 Month (Rolling start) - Plan and facilitate educational opportunities for the community. Currently seeking coordinators for Project Worm, School Gardens, and Sprout programming.

​Key Organic Farm Hand - 6 Month | 3 Month (May/June start) - Be involved in all aspects of the annual agricultural cycle, from enhancing farming sites over the winter, to field preparation, as well as improving and documenting production processes and data collection 

Food Hub Coordinator - 6 Month | 4.5 Month (May/June start) - Play a key role in aggregating food and getting it into the hands of the people. Positions include Hub/warehouse lead, CSA lead, FARMacy lead, mobile market lead, and access coordinator.​

Click here for detailed position descriptions.  More info and links are here:  http://www.growov.org/americorps.html?fbclid=IwAR18mlL7ezjD15Wd5EelvF_8-I8fBfay2upYi3TnNvmlG2l52SSObCChIyg

Contact americorps@growov.org with questions or for more information.

Job: Pittsburgh Food Policy Council

Do you have what it takes to be the Operations and Communications Manager for the Pittsburgh Food Policy Council? View the job description below and send your resume and accompanying information to Info@pittsburghfoodpolicy.org!

JOB DESCRIPTION

Reports to: Executive Director

Job Title: Operations & Communications Manager

Status: Full-time, exempt

Organizational Description

The Pittsburgh Food Policy Council (PFPC) convenes over 80 member entities and 130 individuals in a growing ‘ecosystem’ of expertise, information, relationships, and resources Our members include governmental, non-profit, business, educational, cooperative, and agricultural stakeholders within the food system. The Pittsburgh Food Policy Council (PFPC) works to build a food system that benefits our communities, our economy and our environment in ways that are just, equitable and sustainable for all. We coordinate programs and projects and catalyze change through holistic, systems-level transformation. Guided by the collective impact model, we research and promote food, agricultural, land use and public health policies that expand local sustainable agriculture, equitable development, and access to healthy food, particularly in low-income communities. Since 2019, the PFPC is fiscally sponsored by The Community Foundation of the Alleghenies and has a small staff that works out of our new office located in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood.

Job Summary

The Pittsburgh Food Policy Council is pleased to announce our first full-time Operations & Communications Manager to join our team. This key position will be responsible for managing communications, outreach and day-to-day operations. Operations & Communications Manager will be a critical role for the Council as we publicly launch our countywide Greater Pittsburgh Food Action Plan this spring in coordination with our many partners.  

This role is both strategic and tactical, requiring the ability to think big while managing details, working collaboratively with the Council staff and network. The Operations & Communications Manager is a creative and energetic self-starter who is organized and proactively engages PFPC staff, leadership, and our network in communications, events, and community partnerships. The Operations & Communications Manager is someone who enjoys working independently and collaboratively as part of the team. This person will continuously explore ways to build the Council and share stories. A passion for food systems and food justice are important to the success of this role, though food systems experience is not required. This position will be responsible for managing members, interns, contractors, and vendors to support activities.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Executive Director, this position will include:

Outreach & Communications (60%)

• Contribute to the development and implementation of a communications strategy and implementation plan in concert with PFPC team;
• Manage all communications channels including staff and member contributions to the Council including our website and social media, proactively seeking content to share the work of the Council and its members and the food systems field in our region;
• Write and develop engaging materials about the PFPC for a variety of audiences (elected officials, nonprofits, businesses, etc) through both social and traditional media in coordination with PFPC team; Manage all aspects of communications including copywriting, graphic design/layout, photography and relationships with vendors. Specific tasks include but are not limited to our e-newsletters, website content including news, blog, and events calendar; online photo collections, etc.
• Assist Executive Director with development,  fundraising communications and events including writing of annual reports, funder updates and impact reporting, fundraising case for support boilerplates for grant-writing team, grant research and reports, pitch decks, and appeal letters and donor thank you letters;
• Work with the PFPC team to help shape external materials (presentations, reports, case studies),  and visual elements for events leading the design of materials and supporting to illustrate concepts working with a graphic designer or in-house;
• Work with the PFPC team and network to collect and share stories of the Council’s collective impact, projects, and events in a way that engages our varied stakeholders. Continually identify ways to enhance benefits for our membership and network and the PFPC through communications;
• Work closely with the PFPC team to support the execution of public-facing training and education campaigns and events, public-facing fundraising campaigns and appeals;
• Maintain and enhance branding standards to create a consistent and effective look in marketing materials; Make sure event concept and print materials are on message;
• Develop and nurture relationships with local media. Strive to gain the PFPC coverage in the local media, maintain records of media contacts and community coverage, and regularly update the Council’s media list;
• Improve and regularly update the PFPC and Food Action Plan websites, ensuring consistency with brand and messaging. Monitor and manage Council’s online presence and messaging;
• Represent and present the work of the PFPC at meetings, events, and conferences, as well as ensure the Council has a presence in the community through tabling at events and other opportunities, coordinating with staff, interns, and volunteers as needed;
• Keep up-to-date on emerging communications technologies that could help the Council promote its mission.

Operations (40%)

• Manage day-to-day operations of the PFPC office, including maintaining meeting schedules and calendars, supplies, and general inquiries;
• Improve processes and policies in support of organizational goals; Implement and manage operational plans; Coordinate, supervise and train event volunteers;
• Work with PFPC team to develop regular internship opportunities and procedures; receive and manage queries from students, collaborators and community partners;
• Manage planning of bimonthly full Council meetings and educational events; provide administrative support for the Steering Committee and Working Group meetings;
• Assist the Executive Director with Human Resource management; manage/support volunteers, interns, and new staff onboarding;
• Assist with financial management including expenses processing and serving as a liaison with our fiscal host and commercial landlord; Identify and manage event sponsors;
• Oversee event management and planning from concept to execution including facilitating the creation of event concept to developing a project/ event plan all while ensuring the plan is implemented on time and within budget;

Education, Experience and Skills

Relevant skills and experience include creative and strategic thinking, research, website and social media management,  persuasive writing and speaking, event logistics and project management skills. A strong candidate will have familiarity with food justice, policy, collective impact, and the Pittsburgh area nonprofit landscape. Lived experience highly valued.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in marketing, communications, community relations/engagement, business administration, public policy or related field
• Demonstrated success in communications and community engagements/organizing; experience with multi-stakeholder communications and working within a team; high level of comfort with social media and online community building; Experience managing public education campaigns, social media or marketing campaigns
• Experience planning and implementing special events and working with volunteers is preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communicator and presenter, creative thinker and team player; positive, enthusiastic presence with good public relations skills;
• Passionate about storytelling and developing simple but compelling messaging
• Demonstrated ability to provide strategic direction in organizational outreach and communications planning and implementation;
• Excellent project and operational management and organizational skills;
• Experience or knowledge of food systems a plus but not required; commitment to food justice a must;
• The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative management style and be ready to jump in to assist with any task at hand and will be comfortable in a self-directed, dynamic work environment- the ability to multitask; Delegate responsibilities effectively;
• High comfort level working in a diverse environment and strong community relationships a plus
• Proficiency in one or more of the following social media platforms: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc as well as proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and/or other web-based software; knowledge of task management web-based programs like Asana and graphic design software like Adobe Illustrator or InDesign a plus; qualified person will exhibit a willingness to learn

Defining Success in the First Year:

Working closely with the staff and network, successfully improve brand awareness and reach for the Council, organize professional, engaging, inclusive and vibrant community events, and build on existing partnerships. Contribute to deepen sense of unity, solidarity and collective impact through communication of demonstrated outcomes and rigorous engagement. Expand on the recognition of the PFPC for food system actions and thought leadership in our state and region.

Statement of Values / Equal Opportunity Employer

The PFPC believes that our current food system disproportionately hurts the most marginalized people in society — including people of color, people from low wealth and working-class backgrounds, women and LGBTQ people. We believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do and therefore strongly encourage applications from people with these lived experiences or who are members of these and other marginalized communities to apply.”

The Pittsburgh Food Policy Council is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or belief.

Compensation & Work Environment

Pittsburgh Food Policy Council’s office is located in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood. Staff are employees of The Community Foundation of the Alleghenies, our fiscal host. We have a comfortable office space with frequent member activity and lots of sunlight.

Target full-time annual salary is between $40,000 and $46,000 commensurate with experience. Eligible benefits include health, vision and dental insurance, paid vacation and sick leave. Retirement benefits available after 6-month work-aversary. Support of staff development through training opportunities and professional development.  This position is grant funded.

Salary and benefits to be negotiated based on qualifications and experience. Primarily daytime work hours with occasional evening and weekend events.

How to Apply

Please submit a resume, cover letter, professional references, samples of past work (writing, collateral design, press coverage or any relevant work that demonstrates your qualifications) to info@pittsburghfoodpolicy.org with the email subject “Operations & Communications Manager.”

In your cover letter, please describe your past experiences and/or efforts to advance social justice, diversity, and inclusion. Applications lacking any of the aforementioned documents will not be considered. If your qualifications and experience are a good fit for the position, you will be contacted to participate in the review and interview process.

For more information on Pittsburgh Food Policy Council, visit http://www.pittsburghfoodpolicy.org/

APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL POSITION IS FILLED.

Job: Land Bank coordinator

An opportunity to help shape the future of land use and housing in Pittsburgh.

Railroad controversy documents

Pertaining to the 84th Sustainability Salon on Trains, 19 January 2019

 How You Can Help 

Contact your elected officials, personally and through your Community Development Corporation. Glenn Olcerst has been sending them emails on this topic so they should be somewhat familiar with the issue. 

Ask your officials to: 

 Use your tax dollars to re-deploy the $28 million project funding to instead secure the hillside adjacent to the Mon Line, and re-direct the double-stacked trains there, where there is no height restriction 

 Support the demand for true town hall meetings with City, PennDOT and Norfolk Southern representatives in each of your communities 

 Agree to supply all of the information listed on the “Pre-Public Meeting Information Request” handout in advance of any such meeting 

 Consider the options and solutions listed in the “Possible Options and Solutions” handout that best fit your community’s needs. 

Contact potential funding sources to help pay for: 

 Cameras and monitors 

 Community outreach, education and engagement 

 Legal advice 

How to find your elected officials: 

 Go to https://live.cicerodata.com/ 

 Displays local, state, and national representatives 

Other ways to help: 

 Identify locations where and how long trains are idling in your area 

 If you have special skills, like web development, design, etc., volunteer! 

 Offer to go door-to-door to alert your neighbors about the railroad’s plans 

 Write letters to the editor 

 Send follow-up questions to glennolcerst@gmail.com 

 Possible Options and Solutions 

We believe that once armed with the facts about the dangers of the PVCP, using citizen science and organizing, we will be able to inform elected officials so they’re aware of the risks to the community. We will use the critical information and growing community network to hold Norfolk Southern accountable and to require them to modify their project to address the community’s concerns. Desired outcomes and options to achieve them are detailed below. 

To Prevent Derailments 

• Replace or reinforce all antiquated sewer/water lines and infrastructure along the route 

• Increase water drainage capacity in the trough running through Allegheny Commons, and at other junctures along the route in order to prevent ground subsidence and movement under the ballast 

• Ensure Positive Train Controls are implemented throughout the route, are always working properly, and have backup systems in place when main controls are taken off line for maintenance 

To Prevent Additional Degradation of Air Quality 

• Require black carbon diesel scrubbers on the engines 

• Require the use of Tier 4 or hybrid train engines 

• Electrify the route (done now for passenger trains elsewhere) 

• Re-deploy the $28 million project funding to instead secure the hillside adjacent to the Mon Line, and re-direct the double-stacked trains there, where there is no height restriction 

• Advocate for policy responses to limit the ability for Norfolk Southern to add high amounts of additional air pollution in communities already bearing environmental justice burdens 

To Ensure Public Safety at Intersections 

• Keep double-decker trains exclusively on Norfolk Southern’s Mon Line 

• Lower only the two middle tracks, thereby leaving the toe footers for the trough walls in Allegheny Commons unaffected 

• If the Northside Merchant Street Bridge must be lowered, make the underpass pedestrian only 

• Split the height difference by lowering the tracks a little and raising the bridges a little 

To Produce More Robust Community Engagement 

• Convene a series of true town hall meetings, conveniently located in each of the affected neighborhoods, to be held where members of the project team are identified, are on a stage where they’re visible, use microphones so the audience can all hear their answers to questions, where project renderings are clearly displayed at the front of the stage, and provide an independent facilitator to conduct the proceedings 

• Contribute documentation to Rail Pollution Protection Pittsburgh’s website - a central repository accessible by the public; containing maps of all relevant underlying infrastructure (including their depth and age); original construction drawings (including cross-sections) of the trough through Allegheny Commons; project drawings and timelines; project team names, faces and contact information; project status, etc. 

• Incorporate social media platforms that encourage the public’s feedback 

To Compensate Those Most Affected 

• Provide an endowment for impacted parks and playgrounds 

• Make adjoining property owners financially whole and, based on a vibration, load, and noise analysis, provide an additional stipend to mitigate the trains’ effects 

 Pre-Public Meeting Information Request 

In order to ensure that a truly meaningful community process occurs, it is necessary that the PVCP team provide the following information to all of the Community Development Corporations along the Fort Wayne and Pittsburgh Lines at least one month in advance of any mutually agreed-upon date for a public meeting. 

PVCP Project Documentation 

• All bridge and engineering drawings, including those showing approach elevations and surface and subsurface impact on adjacent properties 

• All locations where current plans will result in a “taking” of property by eminent domain 

• All road/bridge safety studies performed for the Pittsburgh Vertical Clearance Project (“PVCP”) 

• Copies of all environmental, historic, health, welfare, and general safety impact studies conducted by the PVCP team 

• All cost analyses of raising bridges versus lowering of tracks 

• Engineering studies relating to the infrastructure and drainage systems in Allegheny Commons (including age and depth below tracks) 

• Any and all impact to historically protected Allegheny Commons (trees, topography, access etc.) 

• Vibration and noise analysis testing and results 

Norfolk Southern Operations 

• Documents showing the location and duration of idling trains over the past year 

• Documents confirming the current number of trains, including cargo and weight, as well as projected volume and length of single- and double-stacked rail traffic 

• A list of all Norfolk Southern accidents and derailments, including types of cargo involved, within the past 5 years, along with the determined cause and the financial cost 

• Documents showing both transit time and monetary savings resulting from use of the new route 

• Certification that all of the railroad ties along the Fort Wayne and Pittsburgh Lines have been replaced with properly treated ties. (This item relates to current litigation pertaining to Norfolk Southern’s purchase of what was determined to be untreated, or improperly treated, ties that are prone to rot.) 

The timeline for supplying the requested information must be followed strictly to allow those who are most directly impacted the opportunity to hire engineers to analyze the data. The engineer and other experts’ reports will help ensure that the most intelligent and informed questions can be asked during initial, and follow up, public meetings. 

 RP3 Broader Mission Demands 

• Positive Train Control implemented now 

• More advanced brakes exist now, and we want them installed on trains hauling explosive fuels 

• Regular inspections on rail infrastructure including bridges with public reports 

• Lower speed limits imposed in populated areas 

• Emergency response plans funded by Norfolk Southern – including training equipment, communication systems, qualified officials to coordinate first responders and cleanup 

• State-level environmental reviews with public comment periods 

• Required proof of financial responsibility – posting of bonds and adequate insurance 

• Enforce strict permitting and land use at local non-carrier loading/unloading facilities 

• A renewed freeze on public funding 

• Strict liability for all oil spills, all resulting damages, restoration of natural resources, fees on all off-loaded oil, punitive damages 

• Stabilization to remove explosive gasses 

• Help organizing and administering a GoFundMe campaign 

• Leads on where trains are idling 

 Relevant Contact Information 

City Council: 

Darlene Harris, District 1 

• 412-255-2135 darlene.harris@pittsburghpa.gov 

• Allegheny Center, Allegheny City Central, Allegheny West, Brighton Heights, Brightwood, East Allegheny, Fineview, Northview Heights, Observatory Hill, Spring Garden, Spring Hill, Summer Hill, Troy Hill & Washington’s Landing 

Theresa Kail-Smith, District 2 

• 412-255-8963 theresea.kailsmith@pittsburghpa.gov 

• Banksville, Beechview, Chartiers City, Crafton Heights, Duquesne Heights & Mount Washington, East Carnegie, Elliot, Esplen, Fairywood, Oakwood & Ridgemont, South Shore, Sheraden, West End, Westwood, Windgap 

Bruce Kraus, District 3 

• 412-255-2130 bruce.kraus@pittsburghpa.gov 

• Allentown, Arlington, Arlington Heights, Beltzhoover, Central Oakland, Knoxville, Mt Oliver, Oakcliffe, South Side Flats, South Side Slopes, South Oakland, St. Clair 

Anthony Coghill, District 4 

• 412-255-2131 anthony.coghill@pittsburghpa.gov 

• Beechview, Bon Air, Brookline, Carrick, Mt. Washington, Overbrook 

Corey O’Connor, District 5 

• 412-255-8965 corey.oconnor@pittsburghpa.gov 

• Glen Hazel, Greenfield, Hays, Hazelwood, Lincoln Place, New Homestead, Regent Square, Squirrel Hill South, Swisshelm Park 

R. Daniel Lavelle, District 6 

• 412-255-0820 daniel.lavelle@pittsburghpa.gov 

• Perry Hilltop, The Hill, Northside, Uptown, Downtown, Oakland 

Deb Gross, District 7 

• 412-255-2140 deb.gross@pittsburghpa.gov 

• Bloomfield, Friendship, Highland Park, Lawrenceville, Morningside, Polish Hill, Stanton Heights, Strip District 

Erika Strassburger, District 8 

• 412-255-2133 erika.strassburger@pittsburghpa.gov 

• Oakland, Point Breeze, Shadyside, Squirrel Hill North 

Ricky Burgess, District 9 

• 412-255-8658 ricky.burgess@pittsburghpa.gov 

• East Liberty, Homewood, East Hills, Larimer, Point Breeze North, Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar, Friendship, Garfield 

Mayor’s Office: 

Bill Peduto, Mayor 

• 412-255-2626 bill.peduto@pittsburghpa.gov 

Dan Gillman, Chief of Staff 

• dan.gilman@pittsburghpa.gov 

Department of Mobility and Infrastructure: 

Karina Ricks, Director 

• karina.ricks@pittsburghpa.gov 

PennDOT 

Cheryl Moon Sirianni, Pittsburgh Area District Executive 

• 412-429-5005 csirianni@pa.gov