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Georgia Environmental Protection Division

The Environmental Protection Division (EPD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is a state agency charged with protecting Georgia's air, land, and water resources through the authority of state and federal environmental statutes. These laws regulate public and private facilities in the areas of air quality, water quality, hazardous waste, water supply, solid waste, surface mining, underground storage tanks, and others. EPD issues and enforces all state permits in these areas and has full delegation for federal environmental permits except Section 404 (wetland) permits.


Contact Georgia Environmental Protection Division

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Contact Georgia Environmental Protection Division


2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SE
Suite 1456, East Tower
Atlanta, Georgia  30334
Phone: (404) 463-1511


 

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Georgia’s Smoke Management Plan

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Georgia’s Smoke Management Plan (SMP) is the State’s basic framework of procedures and requirements for managing smoke from prescribed fires. Prescribed burning is the controlled application of fire to existing vegetative fuels to accomplish planned land management objectives or to mitigate catastrophic wildfires. Prescribed burning is a land management and resource protection tool used for Georgia’s forest lands. It helps protect lives and property by reducing accumulations of forest fuels. Prescribed burning is also important for forest regeneration, improving wildlife habitat, and recovering imperiled species.  Learn more here »