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Re: Sept 12th Air Pollution
Tom-
I am glad you say the Idaho Legislature will be looking at some stringent
guidelines for field-burning. Please keep us informed about that.
I thought it the height of hypocracy for Gov. Kempthorne to get the
field-burning stopped for the Governors' Conference at Coeur d'Alene and not
listen to Idaho citizens concerns about the dangers of smoke.
BL
Tom Trail wrote:
> >Visionnaries--we experienced severe air pollution the afternoon and early
> >evening of the 12th.
> Julie Pipal of the Idaho Dept. of Agriculture sent me this message about
> the source of the
> pollution; however, there still appears to be a mystery since the acreage
> mentioned seems too small
> to cover a 5 county area. Several authorities indicated with the wind we
> also picked up quite a
> bit of dust. We will be looking at some new rules which will be more
> stringent in terms
> of guidelines for burning fields during the next legislative session.
>
> Rep. Tom Trail
> >
> >Rep. Trail:
> >
> >Today I learned that two 1/2-acre parcels and one 4-acre parcel in Benewah
> >county and on tribal ground were burned two days ago. Those fires escaped
> >into timber land. At this time we do not know if it was private or public
> >timber land. Incidentally, meteorological conditions were unusual when the
> >fires escaped as the wind was blowing south instead of north.
> >
> >Also, because of the particulate conditions, there was an air stagnation
> >advisory issued for the Clearwater airshed, which is Nez Perce, Latah,
> >Idaho, Lewis and Clearwater counties. The advisory was lifted this morning
> >by DEQ because air quality conditions had returned to the "good" range.
> >
> >To our knowledge, there was no approved burning conducted in Latah county
> >yesterday.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >Julie Pipal
> > Idaho Dept. of Agriculture
> >
>
> Dr. Tom Trail
> International Trails
> 1375 Mt. View Rd.
> Moscow, Id. 83843
> Tel: (208) 882-6077
> Fax: (208) 882-0896
> e mail ttrail@moscow.com
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