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Alaska installation guides.

Alaska sets statewide visible-smoke limits for wood and other solid-fuel heaters, with tighter limits during declared air-quality advisories. The same regulation adds a local wood smoke rule for Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley that does not apply in Anchorage.

18 AAC 50.075 solid fuel-fired heating device visible emission standards (Cornell LII)
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  1. Anchorage

    Municipality of Anchorage (incl. Eagle River, Chugiak, Girdwood)

    Whether Anchorage requires a permit for stove work depends on whether the property is inside the municipality’s Building Safety Service Area.

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  2. Fairbanks

    Fairbanks North Star Borough (PM2.5 nonattainment area)

    Inside the Fairbanks PM2.5 nonattainment area, only new stoves on DEC’s approved list, EPA-certified and rated at 2.0 grams per hour, may be installed, and a certified installer must confirm the work to DEC.

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