Flathead air quality monitoring site closures ordered by EPA, DEQ
Visitors check out a view of the valley on a hazy day at Lone Pine State Park on Wednesday, Aug. 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Flathead County commissioners voted unanimously Aug. 18 to decommission the Whitefish and Kalispell air quality monitoring sites after a request from state and federal agencies.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality proposed the action because the Kalispell and Whitefish monitoring sites no longer meet criteria for regulatory data collection due to urban and vegetation encroachment, according to Jim Wardensky, environmental health manager with the Flathead City-County Health Department.
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