Many of the 70 people attending the Fairbanks Borough Air Pollution Control Commission asked for more study before restrictions are imposed on wood- or coal-burning stoves.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports one resident at Tuesday's
meeting, Laura Sliney, said most people couldn't afford to replace her wood stove, even with financial help through a proposed program.

The Borough Assembly voted last week to let voters have a say during the Oct. 6 election on how air pollution prevention programs should be run.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has said it will draft and enforce pollution-prevention measures if local officials decline to do so.