The EPA announces disapproval of Alaska's emission plan imposing possible sanctions.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - UPDATE: On January 9 a U.S. district court judge ruled that the state of Alaska is allowed to intervene in a lawsuit, Citizens for Clean Air v. Michael S. Regan which is trying force the EPA to either approve or disapprove the state’s implementation plan.After thirteen years of working with the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce health-threatening PM2.5 emissions, the EPA says it will not give the state its stamp of approval for plans to reduce emission levels.
While PM2.5 levels in Fairbanks have fallen since 2015, the EPA says the current plan will not decrease the levels enough to satisfy requirements for federal compliance. Nearly 90 percent of the emissions in the borough and surrounding areas are caused by residential wood smoke. FNSB Air Quality Control Manager, Steven Hoke, said, “its really hard to speculate what might happen. I can say that, you know, between the state of Alaska’s Department of Environmental Conservation efforts and the borough’s it is our goal to maintain the ability to burn wood in the interior. However, you know, doing so responsibly and making sure our devices are clean, so we can limit the emission of particulates as much as possible.
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