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Georgia EPD proposes wildfire smoke exclusion for Macon's 2024 PM2.5 air quality data

The state environmental agency wants federal regulators to discount 2023-2025 Macon air pollution readings blamed on Canadian wildfire smoke…

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September 21, 2026: Draft Canadian Wildfire Exceptional Event Demonstration for 2024 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS at Macon, GA (2023-2025)
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Georgia EPD drafts demonstration to exclude 2023 wildfire smoke from Augusta PM2.5 record

The state agency's draft document seeks to attribute elevated fine-particle pollution readings in Augusta to Canadian wildfire smoke rather than local sources…

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September 21, 2026: Draft Canadian Wildfire Exceptional Event Demonstration for 2024 Annual PM2.5 NAAQS at Augusta, GA (2023-2025)
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Georgia EPD asks EPA to exclude 16 prescribed-fire PM2.5 days from Columbus-Baker monitor data

The request could keep smoke from controlled burns from counting against the Columbus area's compliance with the federal fine-particle pollution standard.

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September 21, 2026: 30-day public comment period on the Columbus-Baker Exceptional Event Demonstration
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A 30-day public comment period on the demonstration, which opened September 21, 2026, must close before EPD can submit it to EPA for concurrence.
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State draft notice links February 2025 Augusta air quality exceedance to prescribed burns

Georgia's environmental protection agency is preparing documentation tying a PM2.5 pollution spike at an Augusta monitor to nearby forestry burns…

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September 21, 2026: PM2.5 exceedance at Augusta monitor on February 18, 2025 attributed to prescribed/silviculture fire smoke
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Georgia EPD drafts notice attributing Augusta air pollution spike to prescribed burns

The state environmental agency is preparing to argue that a February 2025 pollution reading in Augusta should not count against the area's air quality record because it came…

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September 21, 2026: PM2.5 exceedance at Augusta monitor on February 23, 2025 attributed to prescribed/silviculture fire smoke
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State attributes February Augusta air quality exceedance to prescribed fire smoke

Georgia's environmental regulator has proposed blaming elevated fine-particle pollution at an Augusta monitor on smoke from permitted burning, a finding that could affect how the reading counts toward…

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September 21, 2026: PM2.5 exceedance at Augusta monitor on February 24, 2025 attributed to prescribed/silviculture fire smoke
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Georgia EPD drafts notice tying Augusta PM2.5 spike to prescribed-fire smoke

State environmental regulators are documenting that widespread prescribed burning, not other pollution sources, may explain a fine-particle air quality exceedance recorded at an Augusta monitor last year.

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September 21, 2026: PM2.5 exceedance at Augusta monitor on February 25, 2025 attributed to prescribed/silviculture fire smoke
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State environmental agency drafts notice tying Augusta air quality exceedance to controlled burns

A draft state filing attributes a February 2025 spike in fine-particle pollution at an Augusta monitor to smoke from nearby prescribed and forestry fires.

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September 21, 2026: PM2.5 exceedance at Augusta monitor on February 27, 2025 attributed to prescribed/silviculture fire smoke
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State proposes attributing Augusta air pollution spike to prescribed and silviculture fire smoke

Georgia's environmental agency says smoke from dozens of permitted burns near Augusta, not routine pollution, caused a fine-particle air quality exceedance recorded in February 2025.

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September 21, 2026: PM2.5 exceedance at Augusta monitor on February 3, 2025 attributed to prescribed/silviculture fire smoke
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State draft notice links Augusta PM2.5 exceedance to prescribed-fire smoke

Georgia's environmental agency has drafted a case attributing a February 2025 air quality exceedance at an Augusta monitor to smoke from prescribed and silviculture fires…

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September 21, 2026: PM2.5 exceedance at Augusta monitor on February 4, 2025 attributed to prescribed/silviculture fire smoke
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Georgia EPD drafts finding that fire smoke caused Augusta air quality exceedance

A draft state notice attributes a February 2025 spike in fine-particle pollution at an Augusta monitor to smoke from prescribed and silviculture burns…

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September 21, 2026: PM2.5 exceedance at Augusta monitor on February 5, 2025 attributed to prescribed/silviculture fire smoke
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Georgia EPD draft notice attributes Augusta PM2.5 exceedance to prescribed fire smoke

State air regulators are moving to explain a January air quality exceedance at an Augusta monitor as smoke from planned burns rather than ordinary pollution.

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September 21, 2026: PM2.5 exceedance at Augusta monitor on January 10, 2025 attributed to prescribed/silviculture fire smoke
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