R307-204-3. Definitions

  The following additional definitions apply only to R307-204.

  "Annual Emissions Goal" means the annual establishment of a planned quantitative value of emissions reductions from prescribed fire.

  "Best Management Practices" means smoke management and dispersion techniques used during a prescribed fire that affect the direction, duration, height or density of smoke.

  "Burn Window" means the period of time during which the prescribed fire is scheduled for ignition.

  "Emission Reduction Techniques (ERT)" mean techniques for controlling emissions from prescribed fires to minimize the amount of emission output per unit or acre burned.

  "Federal Class I Area" means any Federal land that is federally classified or reclassified Class I.

  "Land Manager" means any federal, state, local or private entity that owns, administers, directs, oversees or controls the use of public or private land, including the application of fire to the land.

  "Non-burning Alternatives to Fire" means non-burning techniques that are used to achieve a particular land management objective, including but not limited to reduction of fuel loading, manipulation of fuels, enhancement of wildlife habitat, and ecosystem restructuring. These alternatives are designed to replace the use of fire for at least five years.

  "Nonfull suppression event" means a naturally ignited wildland fire (wildfire) for which a land manager secures less than full suppression to accomplish a specific prestated resource management objective in a predefined geographic area.

  "Particulate Matter" means the liquid or solid particles such as dust, smoke, mist, or smog found in air emissions.

  "Pile" means natural materials or debris resulting from some type of fuels management practice that have been relocated either by hand or machinery into a concentrated area.

  "Pile Burn" means burning of individual piles.

  "Prescribed Fire or Prescribed Burn" means a wildland fire originating from a planned ignition to meet specific objectives identified in a written, approved, prescribed fire plan.

  "Prescribed Fire Plan" means the plan required for each fire application ignited by managers. It must be prepared by qualified personnel and approved by the appropriate agency administrator prior to implementation. Each plan follows specific agency direction and must include critical elements described in agency manuals.

  "Prescription" means the measurable criteria that define conditions under which a prescribed fire may be ignited, guide selection of appropriate management responses, and indicates other required actions. Prescription criteria may include safety, economic, public health, environmental, geographic, administrative, social, or legal considerations.

  "Smoke Sensitive Receptors" means population centers such as towns and villages, campgrounds and trails, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, roads, airports, Class I areas, nonattainment and maintenance areas, areas whose air quality monitoring data indicate pollutant levels that are close to health standards, and any other areas where smoke and air pollutants can adversely affect public health, safety and welfare.

  "Wildfire" means unplanned ignition of a wildland fire (such as a fire caused by lightning, volcanoes, unauthorized and accidental human-caused fires) and escaped prescribed fires.

  "Wildland" means an area in which development is essentially non-existent, except for pipelines, power lines, roads, railroads, or other transportation or conveyance facilities. Structures, if any, are widely scattered.

  "Wildland Fire" means any non-structure fire that occurs in the wildland.