1. (a) The prescribed burning standards of the Prescribed Burning Board represent the minimum requirements for conducting prescribed burning in the State of Texas as a certified prescribed burn manager. These standards are established to ensure that every reasonable precaution is taken to prevent prescribed burns from escaping the perimeter of the burn area and to minimize the effects of smoke emissions as outlined in the written prescribed burn plan. The standards do not, and are not intended to, preempt or supercede requirements established by state, federal, or private natural resource management organizations, but rather, are intended to serve as a baseline for effectively planning and conducting prescribed burns as a certified prescribed burn manager.
2. (b) The written prescribed burn plan must be completed before the prescribed burn, meet the minimum standards established in this chapter, and provide reasonable assurance that the prescribed burn will be confined to the predetermined area and conducted in a manner that will accomplish the land management objectives.
3. (c) The TCEQ regulates outdoor burning in Texas. TCEQ requirements may be found at Texas Administrative Code, Title 30, Chapter 111, Subchapter B (relating to Outdoor Burning).

Source Note:The provisions of this §226.1 adopted to be effective September 5, 2001, 26 TexReg 6662; amended to be effective October 16, 2005, 30 TexReg 6427.