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Fairbanks program reports rise in wood‑stove removals; incentive increase approved by EPA, awaits borough approval
Summary
Air Quality Manager Steve Hoke told the Fairbanks North Star Borough Air Pollution Control Commission that the wood stove change‑out program is ahead of federal SIP targets, with incentive increases approved by EPA pending assembly action and continuing uncertainties around federal grant timing and SIP finalization.
Air Quality Manager Steve Hoke reported to the Fairbanks North Star Borough Air Pollution Control Commission on May 7 that the borough’s Wood Stove Change‑Out Program is seeing increased removals and is ahead of the schedule used in the state’s State Implementation Plan (SIP).
Hoke said the program has completed “4,900 and some odd change outs” and that the borough is “400 change outs ahead of where we’re supposed to be” under the SIP timetable. He reported the program finished 2024 “really strong” with about 511 change‑outs and began 2025’s first quarter with 123 applications, noting seasonal variation in quarterly volumes.
The nut graf: the program is a central element of the SIP strategy for particulate reductions in the borough’s nonattainment area, and staff signaled both progress and ongoing dependence on external approvals and…
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