Air-quality impacts from fairgrounds burnout event
Bowling Green
Summary
A resident's monitor showed PM readings of 2,184 during the NWO Showdown — over four times the EPA hazardous level — with tire smoke reaching his basement. Council asked staff to research what options exist since the fairgrounds is outside city limits.
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Last discussed Apr 20, 2026.
Impact analysis
Neighbors around the fairgrounds could gain recourse if the city finds a way to regulate similar events.
Residents near the fairgrounds breathed hazardous-level smoke and endured subsonic noise during the April 11 event.
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