Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-2-1503 - Annual, Program Evaluation and Planning

A. ADEQ shall hold a meeting after January 31 and before April 1 of each year between ADEQ and F/SLM to evaluate the program and set the annual emissions goals to minimize prescribed fire emissions to the maximum extent feasible using emission reduction techniques and non-burning alternatives to fire subject to economic, technical, and safety feasibility criteria, and consistent with land management objectives.

B. Outside of the annual meeting, ADEQ may request additional information about future prescribed burns to support regional coordination of smoke management, annual emission goal setting using ERTs, and non-burning alternatives to fire.

C. A F/SLM shall include the following information on the registration form:

1. The F/SLM"s name, address, and business telephone number;

2. The name, address, and business telephone number of an air quality representative who will provide technical support to ADEQ for decisions regarding prescribed burning. The same air quality representative may be selected by more than one F/SLM;

3. All prescribed burn projects and potential wildland fire use areas planned for the next year;

4. Maximum project and annual acres to be burned, maximum daily acres to be burned, fuel types within project area, and planned use of emission reduction techniques to support the annual emissions goal for each prescribed burn project;

5. Planned use of any smoke management techniques for each prescribed burn project;

6. Maximum project and annual acres projected to be burned, maximum daily acres projected to be burned, and a map of the anticipated project area, fuel types and loading within the planned area for an area the F/SLM anticipates for wildland fire use;

7. A list of all burn projects that were completed during the previous year;

8. Project area for treatment, treatment type, fuel types to be treated, and activity fuel loading to support the annual emissions goal for areas to be treated using non-burning alternatives to fire; and

9. At least once every five years, ADEQ shall request long-term projections of future prescribed fire activity from the F/SLM to support planning for visibility impairment and assessment of air quality concerns by ADEQ.

D. F/SLM may submit topics to discuss at the yearly meeting by contacting ADEQ.

E. A F/SLM may amend a registration at any time with a written submission to ADEQ.

F. ADEQ accepts a facsimile or other electronic method as a means of complying with the deadline for registration. If an electronic means is used, the F/SLM shall deliver the original paper registration form to ADEQ for its records. ADEQ shall acknowledge in writing the receipt of each registration.

G. ADEQ shall hold a meeting after January 31 and before April 1 of each year between ADEQ and F/SLMs to evaluate the program and cooperatively establish the annual emission goal. The annual emission goal shall be developed to minimize prescribed fire emissions to the maximum extent feasible using emission reduction techniques and alternatives to burning subject to economic, technical, and safety feasibility criteria, and consistent with land management objectives.

H. At least once every five years, ADEQ shall request long-term projections of future prescribed fire and wildland fire use activity from the F/SLMs to support planning for visibility impairment and assessment of other air quality concerns by ADEQ.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-2-1503

Adopted effective October 8, 1996 (Supp. 96-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 388, effective March 16, 2004 (Supp. 04-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 1427, effective 8/7/2023.