Fairbanks PM2.5 Current Regulations (Summarized)
18 AAC 50 - Air Quality Regulations Full Text (PDF)
| Final Regulations Addressing PM2.5 (fine particulate matter) | Effective Date | Area Map (select a link below) |
|---|---|---|
| 18 AAC 50.030 Adopted Serious SIP Chapters and Appendices | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.065(f) Open Burning prohibited November 1 through March 31 of each winter | 03/06/16 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) & Wood Smoke Control Areas (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.075(a)(2) Visible Emissions Standards during air quality advisories | 01/12/18 | Statewide |
| 18 AAC 50.075(d) Visible Emissions Standards during air quality episodes | 01/12/18 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.075(e) Solid Fuel Heating Device Curtailment during air episodes and requirement to withhold fuel within three hours of effective time of a State 1 or Stage 2 Alert | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.075(f) Visible Emission requirements for solid fuel heating devices | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.076 Solid fuel-fired heating device fuel requirements; requirements for wood sellers | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.076(b) Burn Dry Wood requirement between October 1 and March 31 of each winter | 11/26/16 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.076(b) List of Allowable Fuels for wood and coal fired heating devices | 11/26/16 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.076(c) List of Prohibited Fuels for wood and coal fired heating devices | 11/26/16 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.076(d) - (f) Mandatory Commercial Wood Seller Registration Program | 08/15/17 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.076(g) Commercial wood seller requirements to disclose moisture content. | 08/15/17 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.076(j) - (k) Commercial wood sellers may only sell dry wood unless exempted. | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.076(l) Non-commercial wood sellers may not sell wet wood. | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.077 Requirement to remove or replace wood-fired heating devices and wood-fired outdoor hydronic heaters Upon Sale of Property that do not meet EPA or state standards and render the device inoperable. | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.077(a) Outdoor hydronic heaters may not be sold or installed in the Nonattainment Area. | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.077(b) Emissions Standards for new pellet hydronic heaters sold or installed in the Nonattainment Area. | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.077(c) Emissions Standards for new woodstoves and pellet stoves sold or installed in the Nonattainment Area. | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.077(d) Emissions Standards for new wood-fired heating devices over 350,000 Btu/hr sold or installed in the Nonattainment Area. | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.077(h) Device Registration requirements | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.077(i) - (k) Device Installation requirements | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.077(k) Vendors Requirements - wood-fired heating devices | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.077(l) Device Requirement remove non-EPA certified devices and outdoor hydronic heaters by December 31, 2024 | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.077(n) Device Requirements - removal of old EPA certified devices | Upon effective date of published EPA finding | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.078(b) Only fuel oil containing no more than 1,000 parts per million (ppm) sulfur may be sold. | 09/01/22 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.078(c) - small area sources required to submit information | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.078(d) - Commercial coffee roasters must install a pollution control device if any unit emits more than 24 pounds (lbs) of particulate matter (PM) in a 12-month period. | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.079(b) may not install or reinstall coal-fired heating devices | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.079(c) Requirement to remove coal-fired heating devices Upon Sale of Property unless a wintertime source test shows that it meets emission standards.that do not meet EPA or state standards. | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
| 18 AAC 50.079(f) all existing coal-fired heating devices shall be removed by December 31, 2024. | 01/08/20 | FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (PDF) |
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