Ecology Hires New Air Quality Staff at ERO

Brian Prisock has been hired as the Air Operating Permit Manager (replacing Brenda Smits who left in September 2017 for a new position at DOH).  He has been working in the Air Quality Program for a little over 3 years, most recently as an Emissions Inventory and...

Spokane State 1 Burn Ban Effective TODAY at 4 p.m.

A ban on outdoor burning in Spokane County and the use of uncertified wood stoves, inserts and fireplaces in the Spokane County Smoke Control Zone begins at 4 p.m. today (Dec. 8). The ban will last at least through the weekend and until further notice.   Spokane...

Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Records

Establishments with 250 or more employees in industries covered by the recordkeeping regulation must submit information from their 2016 Form 300A to OSHA by December 15, 2017. These same employers will be required to submit information from all 2017 forms (300A, 300,...

Fuel Emission Waiver Amid Fears Of Shortages

The Washington Examiner (8/31, Siciliano) reports that the EPA expanded its fuel emission waiver to Washington DC and 38 states in the East and Midwest on Thursday to ease the flow of existing supplies of gasoline into the market in the aftermath of fuel disruptions...