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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Outdoor Burn Ban Cancelled for the Yakama Indian Reservation
Contact: Robert Elleman (206) 553-1531, elleman.robert @epa.gov, or Keith Rose, (206) 553-1949, rose.keith@epa.gov
(Seattle, Wash. – February 22, 2008) Due to moderate concentrations of fine particulates in the lower Yakima valley, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 has cancelled the burn ban that has been in effect on the Yakama Indian Reservation since February 15. However, Region 10 will continue to track weather forecasts and fine particulate concentrations over the next several days to be prepared for calling a burn ban if air quality deteriorates.
Please call 1-800-424-4EPA and ask for the FARR Hotline or visit the Federal Air Rules for Reservations (FARR) website for the current burn status at www.epa.gov/r10earth/FARR.htm.
NOTES TO MEDIA:
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If you live on the Nez
Perce Indian Reservation, please check
with the Nez Perce
ERWM Air Quality Project website
or call 1-800- 720-4089 to find out whether burning is allowed on
the reservation. You must have a Nez
Perce Air Quality Burn Permit (issued
for EPA by the Nez Perce Tribe) in order to conduct any burning
on the Nez Perce Reservation.
If you live on the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, please check with
the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation's Office of Air Quality. John Cox, Air Quality
Coordinator (541) 966-2477 or call 1-800-720-4089
to find out whether burning is allowed on the reservation.
If you live outside of an Indian Reservation,
please check the following links for more information about burn
bans called for air quality by state and local air quality agencies:
If you observe widespread smoke
or deteriorating air quality conditions on an Indian Reservation,
please contact William Puckett (206) 553 1702 (and backups Robert
Kotchenruther (206)
553 6218 and Herman
Wong (206) 553 4858).
E-mail: Puckett.William@epa.gov,
Kotchenruther.Robert@epamail.epa.gov,
Wong.Herman@epamail.epa.gov
Weather links:
Air quality sites:
Available Air Quality
"Real Time" monitors
Tribal/Federal/State/Local
Personnel:
Links to Region 10 Air
Quality Agencies:
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