Spokane Clean Air’s staff of 15 provide a variety of services to businesses and residents throughout Spokane County. We’ve compiled some program statistics to highlight our work in 2025 (alphabetically by program):
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: In 2025, monitoring staff installed a new, regulatory-grade monitor at Ridgeline High School in Liberty Lake. You can now see data from this site on our monitoring map here. This new site is the latest in our growing network of air quality monitoring stations in Spokane County, providing critical air quality data that are displayed on our website and updated hourly.
- Air Quality Permitting: Our staff of two engineers issued 43 permits to commercial and industrial operations, including both stationary and portable operations. Permits outline the operating and maintenance requirements and other parameters to ensure emissions are minimized.
- Business Recognition: We believe in recognizing the outstanding work being done by businesses to reduce their air emissions. In 2025, we recognized 74 businesses. We provide two recognition programs; read more here.
- Communication, Outreach, Education: In 2025 we participated in 36 programs, reaching thousands of Spokane area residents. We strive to participate in as many community, school, and service club programs as possible. This is of particular importance since 85% of our air pollution comes from individual actions. We also use a variety of communications tools to reach residents, including this website, social media, print materials, newsletters, news media releases/interviews, etc. View our various e-mail listservs and subscribe here.
- Complaint Response and Enforcement: Air quality specialist also respond to hundreds of air quality-related complaints we receive annually. In 2025, there were 492 complaints logged with our agency, mostly involving outdoor burning, smoke, dust, and odors. While our focus is to educate residents and businesses about the air quality requirements, there are times when enforcement action is necessary. In 2025, staff issued 86 Notices of Violation (NOVs) to individuals and businesses and we issued 88 Notices of Corrective Action (CAs) to businesses.
- Facility Inspections, Compliance Assistance: Our staff of four air quality specialists conducted 285 facility inspections, which represents about half of our registered facilities. Facility inspections take place to check that permit requirements are being followed, which are designed to minimize air emissions. Compliance staff also visited 43 asbestos-related project sites in 2025. This is done to to ensure that proper procedures are being followed to reduce the unneccesary release of carcinogenic asbestos fibers.
- Special Projects: For many years we’ve secured grant funding to help homeowners replace their old wood stoves. In 2025, we removed 91 “old smokers” which will result in an annual reduction of 6,000 pounds of fine particle pollution! Read more about the Wood Stove Changeout program here.
Learn more about our programs, services, and funding sources here.
