Smoke Management Plan



The Smoke Management Plan (SMP) is a description of the steps and requirements to meet the needs of both healthy air and healthy forests across the state of Georgia. Should you have any questions or comments please direct them to Tom_Atkinson@dnr.state.ga.us


Final Smoke Management Plan

Draft Smoke Management Plans

 

Stakeholder Group Meetings

Date/Time
Venue
Event
Additional
Information
Oct-19-07
Georgia Forestry Commission Headquarters-Macon
Georgia SMP Stakeholders Meeting
Sept-27-07
University of Georgia Extension Center-Tifton
Georgia Prescribed Fire Council Annual Meeting
Aug-30-07
10:00 AM
Georgia Forestry Commission Headquarters-Macon
Kick-off Meeting
Aug-7-07
EPD Tradeport
Training Center
Fire, Smoke, Air, and Health Modeling Meeting

 

Fine Particulate Data-PM2.5

The annual National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less is 15 micrograms per cubic meter. A violation of the standard is any three-year average that equals or exceeds the standard. The Arithmetic Mean for each year is determined by adding the average monitored values for each quarter and dividing by four. The Design Value is a three year average. The Critical Value is the highest annual Arithmetic Mean that can be determined for the next, future year, when averaged with the data from the previous two years, that will show a violation of the standard.

 

Reference Material

Interim Air Quality Policy on Wildland and Prescribed Fires-1998

Regional Haze Regulations-1999

Treatment of Data Influenced by Exceptional Events-2007

The National Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils Guide to Smoke Management-2007

 

Links

Ambient Program Home Page

Fine Particulate (PM2.5) Ambient Data