Valley Weather Conditions Keep Burn Ban In Place

The Stage 1 Burn Ban declared yesterday for both the Upper and Lower Yakima County areas will be continued through the weekend.

· PM2.5 Air Quality levels have reached an “unhealthy level for sensitive groups”, and

· Weather predictions are for continued poor dispersion conditions, coupled with little or no wind activity until tomorrow afternoon

· Agricultural Burn allocation are 0 piles per request for Upper and 0 for the Lower Today.

· We will continue to evaluate the burn ban status

Pease see attached notice

Please Note: Restrictions may differ within the exterior boundaries of the Yakama Reservation. The Yakama Nation is addressing air quality issues in conjunction with the EPA, under the Federal Air Rules for Reservations (FARR). For up-to-date information there, please call 1-800-424-4EPA (1-800-424-4372) and ask for the FARR Hotline or visit the Federal Air Rules for Reservations (FARR) website for the current burn status at www.epa.gov/r10earth/FARR.htm <http://www.epa.gov/r10earth/FARR.htm> .