Never heard of this before. The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency sounds suspiciously similar to EPA...EPA!!!!!
http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/even-ba ... /580389764Diminished air quality prompted the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency to ban all outdoor burning in the region Wednesday.
What exactly is banned?
The ban includes charcoal barbecues, fire pits and campfires, as well as field-burning and Native American ceremonial fires outside of tribal lands.
Not that anyone is going to be doing this during this week’s stretch of record-breaking heat, but fires in fireplaces and woodstoves are also prohibited.
“The purpose of the burn ban is to reduce any additional harm to sensitive populations from excess air pollution and is in addition to existing fire safety burn bans,” the agency wrote in a statement.
The stage 1 burn ban went into effect at 4 p.m. Wednesday for Pierce, King, Snohomish and Kitsap counties because smoke from British Columbia wildfires has brought unhealthy levels of air pollution.
Stage 1 burn bans are typically based on weather conditions and rising pollution levels. Stage 2 burn bans are called when fine particle pollution levels reach a trigger value set by state law.
