| Air Quality Sign Currently Out of Order | The air quality sign at the Badger Road exit by Forbes Storage is
currently inaccessible for updating. It has also been brought to our
attention that it cannot be seen from the road due to the high snow
berm. We apologize for any inconvenience and will evaluate the
situation in the coming days. | 3/1/2018 7:24 PM |  Christy DeHaven |
| Reminder: 2nd Air Quality Town Hall Meeting | Reminder: our 2nd Air Quality Town Hall Meeting is on Wednesday,
February 28th at the Noel Wien Library. You are invited to attend an
learn more about this issue and hear from Borough Mayor Karl Kassel,
City of North Pole Mayor Bryce Ward and representatives from State of
Alaska DEC and Region 10 EPA. | 2/26/2018 3:27 PM | Christy DeHaven |
| Town Hall Meeting: Let's Talk About Air Quality & FNSB Burn Restrictions | FNSB Mayor Karl Kassel invites the public to attend a Town Hall Meeting
on Tuesday evening, January 30th, 2018 starting at 6pm at the North Pole Library. The purpose of this meeting is
to talk about air quality and the burn restrictions. 
| 1/16/2018 1:30 PM | Christy DeHaven |
| New Sniffer Maps Now Online | The Air Quality Division has been working in conjuction with our IT staff to get this season's sniffer maps online. You can see all of the maps that have been posted by visiting http://fnsb.us/transportation/Pages/SnifferStudy.aspx. If you have questions, please call our office at (907) 459-1005. | 11/22/2017 1:25 PM | Christy DeHaven |
| How do I know if there is an air alert in effect? | There are several ways to find out what the air quality forecast is, and whether or not any air alerts are in effect: - Sign up for text and/or email alerts at fnsb.us/transportation/Pages/AQ-Advisory-Sign-up-Form.aspx.
- Follow us on FaceBook.
- Visit AQFairbanks.com.
- Be on the lookout for the electronic highway signs posted around the community.
- Watch the evening news.
- Call (907) 459-1234 for a recording of the daily air quality forecast.
- Download our mobile app at
m.fnsb.us/aq.
| 10/13/2017 1:56 PM | Christy DeHaven |
| What are air alerts & what happens if one is called? | During the winter months (October 1st - March 31st), whenever we are forecast to have poor air quality, the Borough’s air quality division may call a stage 1 or stage 2 alert, which affects those that heat with solid fuel (e.g. cord wood, pellets or coal) in the Air Quality Control Zone, which is divided into a Fairbanks and a North Pole area (click here to view the map).
Stage 1 Alert -- Burning is ONLY permitted if a person has a Stage 1 Waiver or a No Other Adequate Source of Heat (NOASH) Waiver. Waivers will only be granted for Borough listed solid fuel burning appliances (e.g. EPA certified wood and pellet stoves with emissions rating of 2.5 g/hr or less, EPA certified hydronic heaters with an emission rating of 0.10 lbs/million btu or less, masonry heaters, cook stoves, and fireplaces). Called when the concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exceeds or is forecast to exceed 25 micrograms/m3.
Stage 2 Alert -- All burning of solid fuel (e.g. cord wood, pellets, coal) is prohibited. No fuel source may be added to the combustion chamber or firebox of any solid fuel burning appliance or waste/used oil burning appliance. Called when the concentration of PM2.5 exceeds or is forecast to exceed 35 micrograms/m3.
These restrictions
DO NOT apply during a power failure, and the Borough offers a waiver for those who are unable to comply and meet certain criteria.
Click here for more information on the waivers. For more information visit the Air Quality website at
AQFairbanks.com or call our office at (907) 459-1005.
| 10/13/2017 1:46 PM | Christy DeHaven |
| No Other Adequate Source of Heat Affidavit Has Been Updated | On August 28th, the Assembly adopted FNSB ordinance 2016-37 (fnsb.us/assembly/OrdinanceResolutions/2016-37.pdf) making a slight change to "No Other Adequate Source of Heat Affidavit." Now, only buildings constructed on or before December 31,2016, may apply for a waiver. Between October and March each year, buildings within the Borough's Air Quality Control Zone are subject to restrictions on wood burning during air quality alerts. In order to be exempted from the restrictions, the building owner (or other person with a property or managerial interest in the building) must submit a “No Other Adequate Source of Heat” Affidavit to the FNSB Air Quality Division.
Download the affidavit here:
NOASH affidavit 8-1-16.pdf
REMINDER: Affidavits expire after 1 year, so anyone that has previously submitted one will need to reapply.
For more specific questions please contact the FNSB Air Quality office at 459-1005 or email us at aqip@fnsb.us.
PLEASE NOTE: This form MUST be notarized before it will be processed. There is a notary available in the FNSB Air Quality office for your convenience.
| 8/1/2016 4:20 PM | Christy DeHaven |
| Air Pollution Control Commission Meeting Aug 9th at 6:00 pm | | 7/26/2016 4:34 PM | Christy DeHaven |
| New Application for the Wood Stove Change Out Program is Now Available! | | 6/28/2016 9:27 AM | Christy DeHaven |
| All Seasonal Special Purpose Air Quality Monitoring Sites will be offline starting April 1st | All seasonal special purpose (ie non-regulatory) air quality monitors will be offline starting this Friday, April 1st in accordance with the State of Alaska's Air Quality monitoring plan.
| 3/30/2016 8:59 AM | Christy DeHaven |
