Archive for Upcoming Events
Weather Pattern Leads to Smog Concerns
Residents Asked to Help Protect Air Quality The high-pressure system over western Washington pushing temperatures into the 90s this week may also create unhealthful levels of air pollution. Stagnant weather and high temperatures bring rising air pollution levels, especially smog-producing ozone. Smog develops quickly as the sun bakes the ozone and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) [...]
Fire-Safety Burn Bans now in effect throughout region
Residents who have yard waste to dispose of should look into clean alternatives to burning. Alternatives such as chipping and composting help keep our air clean and healthful. Those alternatives can also be used all summer, unlike burning. Because of wildfire and public safety concerns in our wooded counties, seasonal burn bans are now in [...]
DNR bans burning state-wide for summer
ORCAA Supports Fire-Safety Ban Outdoor burning causes significant amounts of air pollution, but it is the fire danger associated with burning that has prompted bans on outdoor burning in many counties in Washington. The Olympic Region Clean Air Agency (ORCAA) supports the local fire agencies, as well as the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) [...]
Seasonal Fire-Safety Burn Bans Begin
Residents who have yard waste to dispose of should look into clean alternatives to burning. Alternatives such as chipping and composting help keep our air clean and healthful. Those alternatives can also be used all summer, unlike burning. Because of wildfire and public safety concerns in our wooded counties, seasonal burn bans take effect this [...]
Fireworks Impact Air Quality
Each year we celebrate our national birthday with colorful bursts of black powder – fireworks which ignite around American neighborhoods on the Fourth of July. These pyrotechnical displays provide brilliant light shows each Independence Day, but they also cause spikes in air pollution levels that may be hazardous to the health of some individuals. The [...]
New Permit Applications Received
New Notice of Construction (NOC) permit applications have been received by ORCAA. You may view the details of the applications here.
Public Invited to Comment on Draft Air Permit – Sierra Pacific’s Aberdeen Lumber Mill
The Olympic Region Clean Air Agency (ORCAA) firmly believes in its motto, “Clean Air is Everyone’s Business.” As such, ORCAA seeks to keep everyone within our jurisdiction well informed about the actions—and proposed actions—we take. Public comment is currently being accepted on an Air Operating Permit (AOP) for Sierra Pacific Industries’ Lumber Mill located in [...]
Preliminary Determination Issued for Interfor Pacific
Public Invited to Comment The Olympic Region Clean Air Agency (ORCAA) firmly believes in its motto, “Clean Air is Everyone’s Business.” As such, ORCAA seeks to keep everyone within our jurisdiction well informed about the actions—and proposed actions—we take. Public comment is currently being accepted on a Notice of Construction Application from Interfor Pacific of [...]
Board Work Session planned
The ORCAA Board of Directors will participate in a work study session on June 9, immediately following their regularly scheduled 10 a.m. Board Meeting at ORCAA Headquarters, 2940-B Limited Lane NW, Olympia. This work session will focus on a staff presentation of proposed regulation revisions pertaining to outdoor burning. The meeting will be open to [...]
Public Hearing Slated
A Public Hearing on ORCAA’s Proposed FY 2011 Budget will be held during the regular May, 2010 Board of Directors Meeting. That meeting is slated for 10 a.m., May 12, 2010 at the ORCAA Headquarters, 2940-B Limited Lane NW, Olympia. The Budget will be voted on for adoption by the Board during the June 2010 [...]
National Air Quality Awareness Week
ORCAA joins with the other local Air Agencies in Washington, as well as the Department of Ecology (ECY) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in celebration of the National Air Quality Awareness Week. The key focus of this week is to remind Americans to stay “Air Aware”and to have them reduce their exposure – [...]
ORCAA evaluating application from Adage Mason LLC
ORCAA’s engineering staff has received the Notice of Construction application (application to operate) from Adage Mason for its proposed biomass power plant near Shelton, Washington. The proposed plant is designed to produce a gross nominal electrical output of 65 megawatts (MW) by combusting clean woody biomass in a 758 MMBtu/hr bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) boiler. [...]