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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.
Georgia's environmental regulator has proposed linking a January 26, 2025 air-quality exceedance at an Augusta monitor to smoke from prescribed burns…
Georgia's environmental regulator is weighing whether to exclude a January 2025 air pollution reading at its Augusta monitor from official record because of nearby forestry burning.
The exclusion would lower the official pollution reading used to judge whether the Augusta area meets the federal annual PM2.5 health standard.
Excluding the days from the calculation could affect whether the Macon-Allied monitor shows the area meeting the federal annual soot standard.
The draft could let state regulators exclude smoke from prescribed burns when judging whether the Macon area meets federal fine-particle air quality standards.
The vote sets the governing rules for the county's Airport Commission.
The Habersham County Board of Commissioners filled a vacant Development Authority seat left by Mike Franklin's resignation.
The county board's vote updates how Habersham County enforces animal control rules for residents of Alto, Baldwin, Cornelia, Demorest and Mount Airy.
The county board honored the Habersham County 4-H Program and its participants for their accomplishments.
The county board is asking Georgia's two U.S. senators and two congressmen to support bathymetric studies of Lake Hartwell, Lake Russell and Lake Thurmond.
The change limits how long members can serve on the county's Recreation Board without reappointment.
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