FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION: 11/20/2025 Troy Burrows: Tel. (406) 444-1452 email: troy.burrows@mt.gov PUBLIC NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF DRAFT AIR QUALITY MAJOR OPEN BURN PERMIT AQ26-085 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Application for Air Quality Major Open Burning Permit (pursuant to Section 75-2-211, MCA, and ARM Title 17, Chapter 8, Subchapter 6, Open Burning), The U.S. Forest Service, (USFS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Park Service – Glacier National Park (GNP), Montana Department of Natural Resources (DNRC), Stimson Lumber, SPP Montana, Green Diamond Resource Company, The Nature Conservancy of Montana, Flathead Ridge Ranch, F.H. Stoltze Land and Lumber Company, Sun Mountain Lumber, Montana FWP, and R-Y Timber, Inc. has filled or will file on or about December 1, 2025, an application for a major open burning permit from the Air, Energy & Mining Division of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (Department). Applicant(s) seeks approval of its/their application to open burn: Tree slash, wood waste, natural grass, leaves at All counties throughout the state. Any member of the public with questions or who wishes to receive notice of the Department's determination, and the location where a copy of the application and the Department's analysis of it can be reviewed, or to submit comments on the application, must contact the Department at DEQ-ARMB-Admin@mt.gov, 1520 East Sixth Ave., P.O. Box 200901, Helena, Montana 59620-0901, phone (406) 444-3490. Any comments on the application must be submitted to the Department within 20 days after publication of this notice or filing of the application, whichever is later. The Department's decision to approve or deny an application for a major open burning permit may be reviewed by the Board of Environmental Review (Board) according to the following procedure: When the Department approves or denies the application for a major open burning permit under this section, a person who is jointly or severally adversely affected by the Department's decision may request, within 15 days after the Department renders its decision, upon affidavit setting forth the grounds therefor, a hearing before the Board. A hearing shall be held under the provisions of the Montana Administrative Procedures Act. The Department's decision on the application is not final unless 15 days have elapsed and there is no request for a hearing under this section. The filing of a request for a hearing postpones the effective date of the Department's decision until the conclusion of the hearing and issuance of a final decision by the Board. MNAXLP December 2 2025 LMTS0415200