Fairbanks Borough air quality letters yield single citation

Wood stove pipe on a Fairbanks home.
(Credit Dan Bross / KUAC)The Fairbanks North Star Borough toughened its air regulations in advance of this spring’s EPA re-designation of much of the borough as a serious non-attainment area for fine-particulate pollution. The borough issued more than 170 air quality violation warning letters, but only one citation followed.
 
In March the borough passed tougher air quality measures that reduced the number of burn stages and increased fines. The bo