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(a) The department may declare an air episode and prescribe and publicize curtailment action if the concentration of an air pollutant in the ambient air has reached, or is likely in the immediate future to reach, any of the concentrations established in Table 6 in this subsection.
Table 6 Concentrations Triggering an Air Episode Episode Type Air Pollutant Concentration in micrograms per cubic meter Air alert Sulfur dioxide 365 (24-hour average) [0.14 ppm PM-10 150 (24-hour average) PM-10 from wood 92 (24-hour average) burning (wood smoke control areas) Carbon monoxide 10,000 (8-hour average) [8.7 ppm Air warning Sulfur dioxide 800 (24-hour average) [0.31 ppm PM-10 350 (24-hour average) Carbon monoxide 17,000 (8-hour average) [15 ppm Air emergency Sulfur dioxide 1,600 (24-hour average) [0.61 ppm PM-10 420 (24-hour average) PM-10 from wood During an air alert, a burning (wood smoke concentration measured or control areas) predicted to exceed 92 (24-hour average), and to continue to increase beyond the concentration that triggered the air alert Carbon monoxide 34,000 (8-hour average) [30 ppm
(b) The department will declare an air quality advisory if, in its judgment, air quality or atmospheric dispersion conditions exist that might threaten public health.
(c) If the department declares an air quality advisory under (b) of this section, the department will
(1) request voluntary emission curtailments from any person issued a permit under this chapter whose stationary source's emissions might impact the area subject to the advisory; and
(2) publicize actions to be taken to protect public health.
History: Eff. 1/18/97, Register 141; am 10/1/2004, Register 171
Authority: AS 46.03.020
Sec. 30, ch. 74, SLA
1993
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