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Particulate pollution is primarily a problem in the winter, accumulating when stagnant weather comes to the Bay Area.

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Spare the Air Status

Wednesday, 5/16
No Spare the Air Alert in Effect
Thursday, 5/17
No Spare the Air Alert in Effect
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The 5/16/2012 Board of Directors Special Meeting Webcast ended at 11:30am. The Webcast archive will be available approximately 24-hours after the meeting.
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5/16/2012 Agenda
(442 kb PDF, 8 pgs)

5/2/2012 Board of Directors Meeting
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5/2/2012 Agenda
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4/18/2012 Board of Directors Meeting
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How to Report a Wood Burning and Wood Smoke Complaint

For complaints regarding:

  • Burning either indoors or outdoors during a Winter Spare the Air Alert (non-food cooking fires only);
  • Excessive smoke coming from a chimney;
  • Burning of trash, plastics, or other potentially illegal wood burning activity;

Please use our Online Wood smoke Complaint Form or call 1-877-4NO-BURN to report the activity.  To bypass the phone message, please press 1 then 1 to go directly to the complaint reporting part of the phone system.

The Air District also has translation services to accommodate non-English languages spoken in the Bay Area. For only those non-English speakers wishing to submit a wood smoke complaint, please call 1-800-334-6367.

Last Updated: 12/21/2011