Winter Spare the Air Alert - Tuesday, January 8, 2013
County of Marin, California sent this bulletin at 01/08/2013 09:28 AM PST
Winter Spare the Air Alert - Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Wood burning is banned both indoors and outdoors on January 8, 2013, for the full 24 hours. Areas which are not served by natural gas are exempt from the wood burning ban for winter.
Air quality in the Bay Area is forecast to be unhealthy. It is illegal for Bay Area residents to burn wood or other solid fuels in fireplaces, wood stoves and inserts, pellet stoves, outdoor fire-pits, or other wood-burning devices. This wood-burning ban will be in effect for Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southern Sonoma and southwestern Solano Counties. (Visit www.sparetheair.org/Stay-Informed/Todays-Air-Quality/Reporting-Zones.aspx to see if your city is located within the Air District.)
Winter air pollution is mainly caused by particulates or soot pollution from wood smoke. Smoke from wood-burning fires is linked to illnesses such as asthma, bronchitis and lung disease, and is especially harmful for children and the elderly.
For more information about the Wood Burning Rule, or to check before you burn, visit www.sparetheair.org or call 1-877-4NO-BURN.
To see the current air quality forecast visit www.sparetheair.org.
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