The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is asking for another year to come up with a plan to address the longstanding problem of particulate air pollution in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. (via AlaskaBeacon)
, or ALPACA, said Jason Olds, DEC’s director of air quality.
The state position is that most of the Fairbanks-area wintertime particulate pollution is from smoke from wood stoves used for home heating and that the improvement plan should focus squarely on that. In the community of North Pole, a part of the borough especially affected by particulate pollution, 60% to 80% is from wood-burning stoves, according to the DEC news release issued Tuesday.
“For years EPA has been working collaboratively with DEC on better understanding the science behind the PM problem in the Borough. A critical piece of this work is to use increasingly sophisticated technical tools, including new air quality models, to develop a thorough understanding of SO2 sources in the area and how they contribute to the fine particulate matter problem,” Bill Dunbar, a public information officer, said by email.
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