Klamath County Public
Health
The Air Quality Advisory from noon today Tuesday October
30, 2018 until noon tomorrow Wednesday October 31, 2018 is GREEN.
The green advisory
means:
- All woodstoves, pellet stoves and
fireplaces may be used inside and outside the air quality zone.
- Use only seasoned dry wood.
- Outdoor burning is allowed in the
air quality zone.
- Residential outdoor burning is
allowed in the communities of Chiloquin, Sprague River, Beatty, Bly and
Northern Klamath County. Please check with your local Fire District prior
to burning. Burning within residential areas should be avoided, if the
smoke impacts neighborhoods.
The 2018 Fall Open Burning Window
within the Klamath County Air Quality Zone began
Saturday October 27, 2018 at 8 am, and will end at 5 p.m. Sunday, November 11, 2018.
The
conditions of the Fall 2018 Open Burning Window are:
·
Only residential
yard waste, such as tree limbs, brush, and leaves may be burned.
·
No plastic,
rubber, tar, petroleum products, treated wood or waste may be burned.
·
Burning of commercial, construction,
demolition or industrial waste for these purposes requires a special permit
from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Contact DEQ in Bend at (541) 388-6146.
·
All burning must
occur between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. and be fully extinguished by 5 p.m.
The Air Quality Advisory must be “GREEN
For air
quality questions please call 541-883-5118.
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