Thank you for visiting the Linn County Air Quality website. Here you will find information about how air quality may impact your health and what you can do to help keep the air we breathe clean.

News

• EPA Announces Revisions to Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter posted 12/14/2012
  The EPA today announced revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter. The rule finalizes a PM2.5 annual standard of 12 µg/m3, which is lower than the existing annual standard of 15 µg/m3. The current PM2.5 2
• 2012 Large Industrial Users Presentation posted 11/29/2012
  Air Quality presentation for the 2012 Large Industrial Users Meeting.
• Air Quality Ordinance #8-8-2012 is posted posted 8/28/2012
  The Board of Supervisors approved the revisions to the air quality ordinance on August 8.
• Burn Ban Lifted posted 7/06/2012
  Effecitve 8AM Wednesday, August 15, the burn ban in Linn County has been lifted.
• 2011 Large Industrial Users Presentation posted 12/01/2011
  The presentation deck for the 2011 Large Industrial Users meeting is now available.
• EPA's Combustion Portal Website posted 10/10/2011
  Portal provides regulated entities easy access to potential environmental and regulatory impacts affecting their combustion activities.
• EPA Launches New Mapping Tool to Improve Public Access to Enforcement Information posted 9/30/2011
  EPA announces the release of a new mapping feature in the Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database.
• Ozone NAAQS Retained at 75 ppb posted 9/02/2011
  President Obama requests EPA to withdraw reconsideration of Ozone NAAQS which EPA Administrator Jackson announced in January 2010 would be set somewhere between 60 and 70 ppb.
• Social Media Update posted 8/24/2011
  You can now follow Public Health on Facebook and Twitter.
• CO NAAQS Retained posted 8/23/2011
  EPA has issued a final rule retaining the existing NAAQS for carbon monoxide (CO).
• Stationary Internal Combustion Engine Registrations Now Available posted 12/07/2009
  Stationary Internal Combustion Engines (Compression and Spark Ignition) less than 400 bhp Registration Permits are available for download and submittal.
• Residential Heater Registration Now Availabale posted 11/19/2009
  The Residential Heater Registration Permit is now available for download. Also available is Planning and Development's Mechanical Permit for those in unincorproated areas of Linn County.