Section 18 AAC 50.025 - Visibility and other special protection areas(a) Visibility special protection areas are established to prevent impairment of visibility. The following areas are designated visibility special protection areas: (1) Denali and the Alaska Range East, as viewed from approximately the Savage River Campground area;(2) Denali, Alaska Range, and the Interior Lowlands, as viewed from the vicinity of Wonder Lake; (3) geographic areas classified as Class I areas under 18 AAC 50.015(c);and.(4) the Regional Haze Visibility Protection Area, which is the area identified in Volume II Section IILK.13.H. of the State Air Quality Control Plan, adopted by reference in 18 AAC 50.030.(b) A wood smoke control area is a geographic location where a wood-burning activity has resulted in two or more discontinuous 24-hour periods when the ambient exposures of PM-10 solely from this activity have reached or exceeded 150 micrograms per cubic meter of air. The Mendenhall Valley area of Juneau is designated a wood smoke control area.(d) Three air quality control zones are established within the Fairbanks and North Pole urban nonattainrnent area to establish control measures for reduction of PM-2.5. The three air quality control zones are described in the local air quality plan incorporated in the State Air Quality Control Plan, adopted by reference in 18 AAC 50.030, as the: (1) North Pole Control Zone; (2) Fairbanks Control Zone; and (3) Goldstream Control Zone.Eff. 1/18/97, Register 141; am 6/21/98, Register 146; am 11/26/2016, Register 220, January 2017; am 9/15/2018, Register 227, October 2018; am 4/16/2022, Register 242, July 2022; am 8/21/2022, Register 243, October 2022 Complete descriptions of the special protection areas designated in this section, including maps, are provided in the state air quality control plan adopted by reference in 18 AAC 50.030. The documents adopted by reference in 18 AAC 50.0.30 may be reviewed at the department's Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juenau office, or on the Department of Environmental Division of Air Reference Material. For 18 AAC so web page at: http:d/doc.alaska.gov/air/anpms/sip/18AACso-reference-materials.
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