DNR News Releases

Search for a News Release

Press/Media inquiries: PIO@dnr.iowa.gov

DNR News Releases

Archive by tag: airReturn

Air Quality permits under review for Sept. 29

• 9/29/2022 11:02:00 AM
• View Count 2662

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Air Quality permits under review for Sept. 15

• 9/15/2022 10:33:00 AM
• View Count 3170

he DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Air Quality permits under review for Sept. 1

• 9/1/2022 11:08:00 AM
• View Count 2804

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Prairie Resource Center is seed source and knowledge base for Iowa’s expanding prairies

• 8/30/2022 1:31:00 PM
• View Count 3893

Lehigh, Iowa - The prairie around the 6,500-acre Brushy Creek State Recreation Area, in Webster County, is much more than just another pretty flower – it’s the source for prairie seeds planted on Iowa state parks and wildlife areas.

Air Quality permits under review for Aug. 18

• 8/18/2022 11:23:00 AM
• View Count 3016

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Air Quality permits under review for August 11

• 8/11/2022 12:58:00 PM
• View Count 3345

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

How Do You Outdoors? Visit the Iowa DNR building at the Iowa State Fair for a chance to win prizes and more

• 8/9/2022 2:16:00 PM
• View Count 3722

DES MOINES - Visit the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) building at the Iowa State Fair, August 11 - 21, for a chance to win prizes, talk to DNR experts, attend an outdoor-themed presentation, and more.

Little Swan Lake restoration is a true success story

• 8/2/2022 12:05:00 PM
• View Count 4576

The Little Swan Lake/Christopherson Slough wetland complex is a mix of remnant and restored prairie, a high-quality shallow lake, a large marsh, restored wetlands, oak savanna and oak timber covering more than 2,100 acres just north of the town of Superior in eastern Dickinson County.

Air Quality permits under review for July 28

• 7/28/2022 11:12:00 AM
• View Count 3254

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Martens Lake not open to boat traffic for hunting this fall

• 7/26/2022 12:49:00 PM
• View Count 4212

Tripoli, Iowa - Waterfowl hunters scouting shallow lakes and marshes ahead of the season should be aware that Martens Lake on the Sweet Marsh Wildlife Area is in the process of a dike repair and channel excavation project and will not be open to boat traffic for hunting this fall.

Air Quality permits under review for July 21

• 7/21/2022 10:21:00 AM
• View Count 3100

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Grasslands, wetlands showcased at Lower Morse Wildlife Area

• 7/19/2022 12:22:00 PM
• View Count 3988

Walking south past the sunflower field to the crest of the gently rolling hill provides visitors of a view with a diverse 1,850-acre wetland and rolling prairie complex in northern Wright County. As far as the eye can see, its rolling hills, prairie and small wetlands that make up the popular Lower Morse Wildlife Area.

Air Quality permits under review for July 14

• 7/14/2022 11:36:00 AM
• View Count 3694

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and the air where we live. DNR’s permitting staff review the applications to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality standards.

Air Quality permits under review for July 7

• 7/7/2022 11:27:00 AM
• View Count 3941

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Air Quality permits under review for June 30

• 6/30/2022 3:33:00 PM
• View Count 3507

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Air Quality permits under review for June 16

• 6/16/2022 11:17:00 AM
• View Count 2426

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements

Air Quality permits under review for June 2

• 6/2/2022 12:11:00 PM
• View Count 1729

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Air Quality permits under review for May 26

• 5/26/2022 11:43:00 AM
• View Count 1668

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Title V Air Emissions Fees due July 1

• 5/20/2022 3:02:00 PM
• View Count 1204

Facilities subject to Title V of the federal Clean Air Act must submit 2021 emissions fees by July 1, 2022. The Title V air emissions fee for calendar year 2021 is $70.00 per ton.

Sarah Piziali Named Air Quality Bureau Chief

• 5/19/2022 5:11:00 PM
• View Count 1328

Sarah Piziali has been chosen as the new bureau chief for Air Quality. She officially starts her new responsibilities on May 27th.

Air Quality permits under review for May 19

• 5/19/2022 11:03:00 AM
• View Count 1447

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

No Air Quality Fee Changes for Upcoming Fiscal Year

• 5/17/2022 3:14:00 PM
• View Count 988

There will be no changes in Air Quality Bureau fees for the 2023 fiscal year, which begins on July 1, 2022, and ends on June 30, 2023.

Air Quality permits under review for May 12

• 5/12/2022 11:28:00 AM
• View Count 859

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Emissions are down—Get outdoors to enjoy improved air

• 5/5/2022 2:56:00 PM
• View Count 1061

It’s spring. That time of year when temperatures warm, mushrooms pop up and the outdoors beckons. 

Air Quality permits under review for May 5

• 5/5/2022 2:40:00 PM
• View Count 1138

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Personal air sensors—adding to our knowledge

• 5/5/2022 8:19:00 AM
• View Count 1155

DES MOINES—As personal air sensors become more popular it’s important to understand their usefulness and their limitations. Air sensors are lower-cost, portable devices that measure air quality.

Smoky Air? Protect yourself from wildfires

• 4/28/2022 1:15:00 PM
• View Count 2060

Air Quality Awareness Week May 2 – 6, 2022 DES MOINES—Healthy air is important for everyone. Breathing smoke, however, can be a risky prospect. 

Air Quality permits under review for April 28

• 4/28/2022 1:13:00 PM
• View Count 1104

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Air Quality permits under review, published 4/21/2022

• 4/21/2022 2:03:00 PM
• View Count 1027

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Air Quality Client Contact Meeting: Opportunity to Submit Agenda Items

• 4/7/2022 8:54:00 AM
• View Count 1143

The DNR’s Air Quality Bureau is accepting agenda topics for the upcoming Air Quality Client Contact Meeting.

Spring prairie chicken survey is underway

• 4/6/2022 7:11:00 AM
• View Count 2117

The annual spring survey of known prairie chicken lek sites is underway.

Iowa’s only prairie chicken population about to take center stage for annual spring show

• 3/29/2022 1:46:00 PM
• View Count 2072

Kellerton, Iowa - The haunting coos begin before the sunrise as dark shapes appear on the lek, seemingly out of nowhere. Jumping, charging and sparring – this is serious competition among male prairie chickens to show their worthiness as mates to the females watching nearby.

Air Quality permits under review for March 24

• 3/24/2022 11:40:00 AM
• View Count 856

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Iowa DNR to begin annual spring burning

• 3/21/2022 11:23:00 AM
• View Count 1826

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas managed by the Iowa DNR’s Prairie Lakes Wildlife Unit in Clay, Palo Alto, Emmet, Kossuth, Humboldt and Buena Vista counties.

April 9th | Kellerton Wildlife Area | Prairie-chickens at Dawn!

• 3/21/2022 8:47:00 AM
• View Count 3409

Kellerton, Iowa - The first rhythmic and haunting cooing begins as the night sky fades and sunrise begins. The short grass prairie booming grounds prepares for a display found nowhere else in Iowa.

Air Quality permits under review

• 3/10/2022 2:14:00 PM
• View Count 1139

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements. We encourage public comments on draft permits, providing help on how to make effective comments. Submit written comments to the assigned permit writer before 4:30 p.m. on the last day of the comment period. DNR considers public comments befor...

Air Quality permits under review for March 3

• 3/3/2022 10:17:00 AM
• View Count 1062

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Air Quality permits under review for Feb. 24

• 2/24/2022 11:27:00 AM
• View Count 1279

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

DNR releases latest draft of 303d impaired waters list

• 2/21/2022 4:11:00 PM
• View Count 2705

DES MOINES -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is seeking public comment on the newly released draft impaired waters list. Data released by the Iowa DNR today shows 48 impairments are recommended to be removed from the 2020 303d impairment list, once the removals are approved by the EPA.

Air Quality permits under review for Feb. 18

• 2/21/2022 4:09:00 PM
• View Count 1056

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Air Quality permits under review for Feb. 10

• 2/10/2022 4:34:00 PM
• View Count 1688

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements.

Air Quality permits under review, February 3, 2022

• 2/3/2022 2:11:00 PM
• View Count 1250

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality.

Air Quality permits under review, January 27, 2022

• 1/27/2022 3:09:00 PM
• View Count 1756

DES MOINES – The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans’ health and air quality. DNR’s permitting staff review each permit application to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality requirements. We encourage public comments on draft permits, providing help on how to make effective comments. Submit written comments to the assigned permit writer before 4:30 p.m. on the last day of the comment period. DNR considers public comments befor...

EPA adds 1-bromopropane (1-BP) to the Clean Air Act List of Hazardous Air Pollutants

• 1/25/2022 4:25:00 PM
• View Count 1687

On January 5, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule to add 1-bromopropane (1-BP) to the Clean Air Act (CAA) list of hazardous air pollutants (HAP).

Eastern Iowa Minor Source Air Emission Inventories due May 15

• 1/20/2022 2:08:00 PM
• View Count 1303

Minor source facilities located in the eastern third of Iowa (counties listed below) must submit their Minor Source Emission Inventory (MSEI) for calendar year 2021 emissions by May 15, 2022. If your facility is required to complete this year’s report, you will receive a letter from DNR.

Page 4 of 13 FirstPrevious 23[4]56 NextLast