The Department of Environmental Quality will conduct a public hearing on a temporary rule and proposed rulemaking. The purpose of this rulemaking is to implement the provisions of HB 557, wherein the 2008 Idaho Legislature approved a program for the open burning of crop residue to be administered by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and repealed the Smoke Management and Crop Residue Disposal Act previously administered by the Idaho State Department of Agriculture. Field burning has been prohibited in Idaho since January 2007 as a result of a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling. The hearing will be held May 2, 2008. http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/bulletin/bul/08apr.pdf pp. 28-34.