Current asbestos permit data issued by the County for commercial building demolitions and renovations as required by the EPA. This file is updated daily and can be downloaded below.
If you're looking for the documents themselves, click on the link directly below to navigate to Allegheny County's Open Document Portal. Here you can search for printable PDFs of the applications and permits for posting at job sites. Start with the 'Select Search Type' drop down field. http://documents.alleghenycounty.us/publicaccess/DatasourceTemplate.aspx
NOTE: In the County's system, asbestos permits with status "in progress” status currently includes both permits that have already been issued and those still awaiting review. Until this is resolved, the data published here will exclude all permits marked as "in progress", which does exclude some issued permits.
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NOTE: 07/29/2026
Following the transition to a new software system in October 2025, Allegheny County has identified undercounting within the Asbestos Permitting records shared on this resource. Updates to this dataset will be suspended pending development of a new solution for gathering and sharing this data accurately.