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Air Quality Rules
Outdoor Open Burning Rules
Prohibited items 11 categories of allowable open burning
Must be in a category to be allowable
Air Pollution Episodes
All outdoor open burning is prohibited
Idaho DEQ Smoke Management Program Mary Anderson Smoke Management - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Idaho DEQ Smoke Management Program Mary Anderson Smoke Management - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Idaho DEQ Smoke Management Program Mary Anderson Smoke Management Program Coordinator Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Air Quality Rules Outdoor Open Burning Rules Prohibited items 11 categories of allowable open burning
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Categories of Open Burning
Recreational/warming Weed control Training Residential Landfill disposal Orchard Prescribed burning Dangerous materials Infectious waste Crop residue Industrial flares
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Prescribed Burning
Burning permit or burn plans
Interagency agreement – ensure permits/burn
plans adequately control smoke
Smoke Management Plan
When no permit/burn plan is required Directs DEQ to develop and implement
DEQ definition includes slash pile burning
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Smoke Management Plan Current
MT/ID Airshed Group
State, federal, Tribal, and private burners Large burners – manage over 5,000 acres and
use fire as management tool
Voluntary membership North Idaho – 1990, South Idaho – 1999 Operating Guide has been considered SMP
Emergency Episode Rule
Control small burners
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Smoke Management Plan Future
Based on EPA’s Interim Air Quality Policy on
Wildland and Prescribed Fires (April 1998)
Developed through a stakeholder process
Not much change for MT/ID Airshed Group Bring in large non-member burners Small burners
Address all prescribed burning in Idaho,
- utside the 5 Indian Reservation boundaries
Continue to use FETS
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Elements of SMP
Authorization to burn Minimizing air pollutant emissions
Use non-burning alternatives
Public education and awareness
Explain use and importance of fire for ecosystem Implications on public health and safety Goals of SMP
Surveillance and enforcement Program evaluation
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Elements of SMP
Smoke management components of burn
plan
Actions to minimize fire emissions (e.g., reduce
residual smoke)
Evaluate smoke dispersion Public notification and exposure reduction
procedures
Air quality monitoring (visual or monitors) Contingencies for smoke intrusions
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General Timeline
Draft SMP – Fall/Winter 2014 Stakeholder meetings – Winter 2014/2015 Finalize – summer 2015 Implement – Fall 2015 Will address all prescribed burning
MT/ID Airshed Group members Large non-member burners Small burners
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