NOTE: DEC's public notices can be located on the State of Alaska's web site in the public notices section.

December 2004
December 17, Alaska’s Air Gets Clean Bill of Health
December 3, Anchorage man pleads guilty to air quality violations

November 2004
November 8, EPA signs bacteria rule for water quality standards


October 2004
October 27, State veterinarian announces import restrictions
October 15, Ballard Leaves State Service
October 4, Spill prevention begins at home, A simple check of heating oil tanks can protect health, home, environment

September 2004
September 28, Anchorage car rental companies, owner indicted for evading emissions tests
September 17, DEC Statewide Air Quality Advisory Discontinued
September 17, Kachemak Bay East reopened for commercial littleneck clam harvesting
September 16, Anchorage School District Retrofits Buses for Cleaner Air
September 9, DEC proposes lowering food service operator fees
September 1, Kachemak Bay East re-opened for commercial oyster harvesting

August 2004
August 31, More evidence that Alaska fish are healthy to eat
August 30, EPA cancels registration for pesticide products containing diazinon
August 27, DEC Expands Air Quality Alert to Include Lower Kenai Peninsula
August 27, DEC Issues Air Quality Advisory for Western Alaska
August 25, DEC Issues Air Quality Alert for the Kenai Peninsula
August 24, Update on Vibrio parahaemolyticus Outbreak Associated with Alaska Oysters
August 18, DEC Issues Air Quality Alert for Fairbanks and Interior Alaska
August 16, DEC Issues Statewide Air Quality Advisory
August 11, DEC Issues Air Quality Advisory for Interior Alaska
August 6, Kachemak Bay East Closed to Oyster & Clam Harvest Due to PSP
August 6, Kachemak Bay East Closed to Mussel Harvest
August 3, A Public Health Alert: Vibrio parahaemolyticus

July 2004
July 22, DEC State charges Greenpeace for violating environmental laws
July 21, DEC Completes 1,668 Public Drinking Water Source Assessments
July 15, DEC Updates Air Quality Alert for Interior Alaska
July 12, DEC Extends Juneau Air Quality Advisory
July 9, DEC Issues Air Quality Alert for Juneau Alaska
July 9, DEC Issues Air Quality Alert for Interior Alaska
July 2, DEC Issues Air Quality Alert for Eastern Alaska, North of AK Range, East of Big Delta

June 2004
June 28, DEC Issues Fairbanks/Interior Alaska Air Quality Alert
June 24, DEC Guide Puts EPA Toxics Release Inventory into Perspective
June 2, Burning Garbage and Land Disposal in Rural Alaska

May 2004
May 21, Alaska Holds First Spill Prevention & Response Technology Conference
May 21, DEC Schedules Three Public Hearings on Klukwan Pesticide Permit
May 20, Ground Breaking Scheduled for Seafood and Food Safety Laboratory
May 20, DEC Invites Public Participation in Drafting New Food Safety Regulations
May 10, EPA, DEC Renew Commitment to Work Together for the Environment
May 7, DEC warns of PSP in Shellfish

March 2004
March 19, ACWA is awarding over $900,000 in grants to fund water protection and restoration projects throughout Alaska

Feburary 2004
Feburary 6: DEC Commissioner, EPA Director of American Indian Environmental Office Agree to Collaborate on IGAP

January 2004
January 30: Haines Fairbanks Pipeline Study Results - Search for traces of dioxin along route finds no contamination