EPA classifies Fairbanks smoke pollution as ‘serious’

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reclassified Fairbanks as a “serious” non-attainment area for its failure to meet clean air standards.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (http://bit.ly/2qtDmm0) the new designation announced Monday means the Fairbanks North Star Borough will have to dramatically reduce its levels of fine particulate pollution by the end of 2019. The borough and the state are expected to come up with a plan for how to bes