Air Quality Bureau
New Mexico's Smoke Management Program
ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting was held on February 10, 2009 in Santa Fe. See the following links for presentations from that meeting.
Our e-mail address is NMENV.smoke@state.nm.us. Please add us to your address books!
Click here for Online Smoke
Management forms!
Map of Large Fires in Entire United States
Click here for Smoke Management Program Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Smoke Management Education / Guidance Document
Review of the New Mexico Smoke Management Program Guidance Document will count as Smoke Management Education. Please be sure to review the document!
New Mexico's Smoke Management Program Guidance Document
Don't want to read the entire Guidance Document? The Smoke Management Guide will help you decide whether you can burn under open burning or need to use the Smoke Management Program, and outlines the requirements for either Track 1 or Track 2 in simple, one page fact sheets.
Download the Open Burning/Smoke Management Brochure for "What You Need to Know Before You Burn"
Appendices: Appendices give additional information on the program. Review this as you need to for additional information on any of these topics.
A. Smoke Management Regulation
D. Actions to Minimize Emissions
E. Evaluation of Smoke Dispersion
J. Emission Factors & Calculations
K. Guidance on How to Calculate Fuel Loading
M. Regulatory Authority & Legislative Background
Take the Smoke Management Quiz! First review the Smoke Management Guidance Document, then see how well you can do on our Smoke Management Quiz.
Smoke Management Forms & Instructions (Appendix P)
These forms are
now available as interactive, web-based forms at http://smoke.state.nm.us.
Please use these forms to directly enter information about your proposed burn.
If you prefer, you may download the forms below and e-mail, fax them to us at (505) 476-4375, or mail them to us at the address below. If you have any difficulty using these forms, please either e-mail us or call us at (505) 476-4330.
SMP I
Notification Form & Instructions
Field Crops & Orchards (Word format)
Field Crops & Orchards (Adobe Acrobat format)
Grasslands, Shrublands & Forests (Word format)
Grasslands, Shrublands & Forests (Adobe Acrobat format)
Notification Continuation Form & Instructions
Notification Continuation Form in Word Format
Notification Continuation Form in Adobe Acrobat Format
Tracking Form & Instructions
Field Crops & Orchards (Word format)
Field Crops & Orchards (Adobe Acrobat format)
Grasslands, Shrublands & Forests (Word format)
Grasslands, Shrublands & Forests (Adobe Acrobat format)
Cancellation Form & Instructions
Cancellation Form (Word Format)
Cancellation Form (Adobe Acrobat Format)
Waiver Request Form & Instructions
Waiver Request Form (Word Format)
Waiver Request Form (Adobe Acrobat Format)
SMP II
Registration Form & Instructions
Field Crops & Orchards (Word format)
Field Crops & Orchards (Adobe Acrobat format)
Grasslands, Shrublands & Forests (Word format)
Grasslands, Shrublands & Forests (Adobe Acrobat format)
Notification Form & Instructions
Notification Form in Word Format
Notification Form in Adobe Acrobat Format
Tracking Form & Instructions
Field Crops & Orchards (Word format)
Field Crops & Orchards (Adobe Acrobat format)
Grasslands, Shrublands & Forests (Word format)
Grasslands, Shrublands & Forests (Adobe Acrobat format)
Cancellation Form & Instructions
Cancellation Form (Word Format)
Cancellation Form (Adobe Acrobat Format)
Waiver Request Form & Instructions
Waiver Request Form (Word Format)
Waiver Request Form (Adobe Acrobat Format)
Wildfire Reporting Form & Instructions
Wildfire Reporting Form (Word Format)
Wildfire Reporting Form (Adobe Acrobat Format)
SMP Ventilation Category Tracking Form (Microsoft Excel format)
SMP Visual Monitoring Form (Microsoft Excel format)
Ventilation Category
The Air Quality Bureau has issued the following statewide waiver for both pile and broadcast burning. The waiver include conditions that must be followed for those burns. See the following documents for additional information on this waiver.
Combined Smoke Management Program Statewide Ventilation Waiver for Broadcast and Pile Burns
SMP Ventilation Category Tracking Form (Microsoft Excel format)
SMP Ventilation Category Tracking Form (pdf format - for filling in manually)
Guidelines for Ventilation Category Waivers
Additional Information on Ventilation Category
Weather - Link to Fire Weather Forecast - NOAA Site.
Maps
Weather - Link to Fire Weather Forecast - NOAA Site.
Red Flag Warnings/Fire Weather Watch - Link to Modis Active Fire Mapping Site.
Airshed and Non-Attainment Area Maps
Map of Class I Areas in New Mexico (jpg format)
Map of Fire Dispatch Zones and Air Basins
Map of Large Fires in Entire United States
Seasonal Planning Maps for New Mexico's Smoke Management Program
Interactive Fire Weather Forecast Map
Additional Information
Wildfire Smoke and Your Health
Map of Class I Areas in New Mexico (jpg format)
Interagency Real-Time Smoke Particulate Monitoring Web Site - This site shows the locations and results of real-time air quality monitoring by the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Fish & Wildlife Service.
Map of Fire Dispatch Zones and Air Basins
Link to the Open Burning page - be sure to follow open burning requirements for burns of 10 acres or less per day, or 1,000 cubic feet of pile volume or less per day.
Other Sources of Information on Smoke Management
The following links are to background documents on smoke management. Most of these links will take you out of NMED's web site.
ICS 209 Smoke Management Supplement Instructions
ICS 209 Smoke Management Supplement Form
Southwest Area Wildland Fire Operations Website
EPA Interim Air Quality Policy on Wildland and Prescribed Fires
Arizona Smoke Management Program
Colorado Smoke Management Program
WRAP Policy on Enhanced Smoke Management Programs for Visibility
WRAP Fire Categorization Policy
WRAP Policy on Annual Emission Goals for Fire
WRAP Policy on Fire Tracking Systems
WRAP Documents on Alternatives to Fire
Alternatives to Agricultural Burning (ZIP file - very large)
WRAP surveys of states on smoke management programs:
Digest of questions asked of states on wildland and agricultural burning programs
WRAP Agricultural Survey Results
Contact Information
Our e-mail address is NMENV.smoke@state.nm.us. Please add us to your address books!
Attention: Smoke Management Program
Air Quality Bureau
New Mexico Environment Department
1301 Siler Road, Building B
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
Phone: (505) 476-4330
Toll-Free: (800) 224-7009, ext. 4330 (or ask for Smoke Management)
Fax: (505) 476-4375
E-mail: NMENV.smoke@state.nm.us
All documents on this site are in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format unless otherwise noted. To download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, go to the Adobe web site at http://www.adobe.com.