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The Nez Perce Tribe ERWM Air Quality Program, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR ), the Quinault Indian Nation, and the Coeur d'Alene Tribe have been delegated authority to call burn bans for their reservations. Please check with the Tribe before burning.
If you live on the Nez
Perce Indian Reservation, please check
the Nez Perce
ERWM Air Quality Program 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 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. Contact John Cox, Air Quality
Coordinator, at (541) 966-2477 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 by state and local air quality agencies:
If you observe widespread smoke
or deteriorating air quality conditions on an Indian Reservation, please contact Gary Olson (olson.gary@epa.gov) at (206) 553-0977 or Robert Elleman (elleman.robert@epa.gov) at (206) 553-1531.
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