Wood-fired Heating Device Regulations
Approved FNSB PM2.5 Area Device Lists: (updated 06/30/2025)
- List of ADEC-Approved Wood Stoves, (PDF) (Updated Jun2025) (list includes certified fireplace inserts)
- List of ADEC-Approved Pellet Stoves, (PDF) (Updated Jun2025)
- List of ADEC-Approved Pellet Hydronic Heaters, (PDF) (Updated Nov2022)
There are no approved non-pellet hydronic heaters or coal-fired for the FNSB nonattainment area. These types of devices are not allowed to be installed
Statewide:
- PM2.5 Air Quality Episode Levels
- Open Burning Restrictions
- Voluntary Moisture Disclosure Program
- Visible Emission Standards (Opacity)
18 AAC 50 Full Text (PDF) (as amended through December 14, 2024)
Inside the FNSB PM2.5 Nonattainment Area
- PM2.5 Air Quality Episode Levels
- Open Burning Restrictions (Prohibited November 1 - March 31,18 AAC 50.065, - Effective February 28, 2015 )
- Visible Emissions Standards (Opacity)
- Dry Wood Requirement
- Allowable Fuels
- Wood-Fired Heater Emission Standards
- Commercial Wood Seller Registration Program - Effective August 15, 2017
- Non-Compliant Wood-Fired Heating Device Removal or Replacement Upon Property Sale - Effective June 9, 2017
- 18 AAC 50.079 requires the change-out or removal of coal-fired heating devices that are not EPA certified or listed with the Fairbanks North Star Borough when the property, where they are installed, is sold, leased, or conveyed - Effective January 12, 2018 -18 AAC 50.077 and 18 AAC 50.079 require that all hydronic heaters and all coal-fired heating devices (with exceptions as approved by the DEC) be removed or replaced prior to closing. Non-pellet hydronic heaters and coal-fired heating devices may not be installed within the nonattainment area. - Effective January 8, 2020
- State Air Quality Control Plan, Vol. II: III.D.7.12 Fairbanks Emergency Episode Plan, Amendment Adopted December 8, 2020 (PDF 8.85MB)
Staff Contact:
- Cory McDonald
- Phone: 907-451-5172
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