Summary:

ADEQ is updating the forest and range management burn rules under A.A.C. Title 18, Chapter 2, Article 15 which regulate prescribed burns and allow for smoke management across the State. In completing this process ADEQ, will not only improve and modernize the forest and range management burn rules without creating additional regulatory burden, but will aid in reducing the major threat of wildfires in Arizona.

Documents:

• Notice of Docket Opening | View/Download >
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking | View/Download >
       Comment period: Oct. 28, 2022 – Dec. 9, 2022
       Virtual Public Hearing: Dec. 1, 2022, 9 a.m., Online via GoToWebinar
• Notice of Final Rulemaking (filed with the Secretary of State on June 30, 2023) | View/Download >
• Effective Date: Aug. 7, 2023

Additional Information:

• Governor’s Regulatory Review Council Study Session | View/Download >
• Governor’s Regulatory Review Council Meeting | View/Download >
  • The Council approved the rulemaking on June 6, 2023
• ADEQ's Smoke Management web page | View >