The Environmental Protection Agency signed off on a revised air quality plan for the Fairbanks North Star Borough nonattainment area last week, removing a key component that would have impacted the real estate market.

The Biden administration previously approved, in January, an air quality plan that required homeowners to obtain an energy rating before selling their homes. It also would have imposed compliance requirements on realtors and real estate agents during the home sale.

“This unnecessary and costly provision would hurt Alaskans, including the many service members who sell their house when deployed,” the EPA stated in its news release.

The Greater Fairbanks Board of Realtors and Chamber of Commerce, however, raised objections to the requirement and launched an aggressive public

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