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Public Notices
Lolo National Forest Outdoor Burning Permit - Application Submitted
The Lolo National Forest (Missoula, Ninemile, and Seeley Lake Ranger Districts) has applied for an outdoor burning permit to conduct prescribed wildland burning in Missoula County in 2024. The public is invited to comment on the application, which is linked below. A public notice was published in the Missoulian on January 13, 2024 requesting comments. All comments must be received by the Health Department by 5 p.m. on February 2, 2024. Comments must be in writing and can either be mailed to 301 W. Alder, Missoula, MT 59802, or emailed to airquality@missoulacounty.us.
2024 Lolo NF Missoula County Burn Locations
2024 Lolo NF Missoulian Legal Ad
Air Pollution Control Board Hearing
The Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Board (Air Board) will hold a Hearing on proposed changes to the Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Program on April 21, 2022 at or shortly after 12:15 p.m.
The Air Board meets in the Sophie Moiese Room at the Missoula County Courthouse Annex, 200 W. Broadway. Public comment on the proposed changes to the Air Program will be heard at the Hearing.
Summary of proposed rules and the proposed rules are linked to below. Submit written comments or questions on the proposed rules to Benjamin Schmidt; contact information available on this page in right side column.
Summary of Proposed Rules 2022
Proposed Rules 2022: Proposed deletions are struck out. New language proposed is underlined.
Response to Comments from February, 2020 Hearing
Missoulian Legal Add
MCA 75-2-301 Applicability
MCA 75-2-301 Findings
Hearing Date: April 21, 2022
Hearing Location: Sophie Moiese Room, Missoula County Courthouse, 200 W. Broadway
Hearing Time: 12:15 PM
Comments Due by Noon April 20, 2022 or at the Hearing
Background
The Air Quality Program at the Missoula City-County Health Department (MCCHD) monitors air quality and regulates outdoor air pollution sources such as: industry, wood stoves, fireplaces, outdoor burning and dusty roads.
You can find more information about the current air quality conditions in Missoula County by visiting our Current Air Quality page. You can also see particulate pollution information from Missoula and communities around the state at the Montana Department of Environmental Quality's Today's Air website.
Use the navigation menu on the left or choose from the links below to learn more about the major air quality topics in Missoula.
Air Quality Topics
About the Air Program
Missoula County's Air
Interested Parties
If you would like to receive Air Quality Advisory Council agendas and other air quality information by email or mail, contact Sarah Coefield or Benjamin Schmidt and ask to be put on the Interested Parties list. Be sure to include your name as well as your email or mailing address.
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