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Section 107.6 - Prescribed fires and nonfull suppression events.

UT Code § 19-2-107.6 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) As used in this section: (a) "Burn plan" means the plan required for each fire application ignited by a land manager. (b) "Burn window" means the period of time during which the prescribed fire is scheduled for ignition. (c) "Land manager" means a person who administers, directs, oversees, or controls the use of public land, including the application of fire to the land. (d) "Large prescribed fire" means a fire that a land manager ignites to meet a specific objective, including a resource benefit that covers 20 acres or more per burn. (e) "Large prescribed pile fire" means a fire that a land manager ignites to meet a specific objective, including a resource benefit, that exceeds 30,000 cubic feet per day. (f) "Nonfull suppression event" means a naturally ignited wildland fire for which a land manager secures less than full suppression to accomplish a specific prestated resource management objective in a predefined geographic area. (g) "Wildland" means an area in which development is essentially nonexistent other than the existence of a pipeline, power line, road, railroad, or other transportation or conveyance facility or one or more structures that are widely scattered.

(a) "Burn plan" means the plan required for each fire application ignited by a land manager.

(b) "Burn window" means the period of time during which the prescribed fire is scheduled for ignition.

(c) "Land manager" means a person who administers, directs, oversees, or controls the use of public land, including the application of fire to the land.

(d) "Large prescribed fire" means a fire that a land manager ignites to meet a specific objective, including a resource benefit that covers 20 acres or more per burn.

(e) "Large prescribed pile fire" means a fire that a land manager ignites to meet a specific objective, including a resource benefit, that exceeds 30,000 cubic feet per day.

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

(g) "Wildland" means an area in which development is essentially nonexistent other than the existence of a pipeline, power line, road, railroad, or other transportation or conveyance facility or one or more structures that are widely scattered.

(2) (a) The division may not permit a land manager to conduct a large prescribed fire or large prescribed pile fire if the land manager does not comply with the rules made by the board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. (b) In the rules made by the board under this Subsection (2), the board shall require the land manager to: (i) describe the use of a state, county, or municipal resource in the large prescribed fire or large prescribed pile fire; (ii) provide the division the burn plan for a large prescribed fire or large prescribed pile fire by no later than one week before the day of the burn window; and (iii) notify the division of a nonfull suppression event once a fire becomes a nonfull suppression event.

(a) The division may not permit a land manager to conduct a large prescribed fire or large prescribed pile fire if the land manager does not comply with the rules made by the board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.

(b) In the rules made by the board under this Subsection (2), the board shall require the land manager to: (i) describe the use of a state, county, or municipal resource in the large prescribed fire or large prescribed pile fire; (ii) provide the division the burn plan for a large prescribed fire or large prescribed pile fire by no later than one week before the day of the burn window; and (iii) notify the division of a nonfull suppression event once a fire becomes a nonfull suppression event.

(i) describe the use of a state, county, or municipal resource in the large prescribed fire or large prescribed pile fire;

(ii) provide the division the burn plan for a large prescribed fire or large prescribed pile fire by no later than one week before the day of the burn window; and

(iii) notify the division of a nonfull suppression event once a fire becomes a nonfull suppression event.

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Section 107.6 - Prescribed fires and nonfull suppression events.