Ariz. Admin. Code § R17-6-207 - Suspension of Length Restrictions and Weight Limitations on State Routes and Highways; Healthy Forest

A. The Department, after conducting appropriate engineering and traffic review and analysis, may grant temporary relief from any existing length or weight restriction placed on a highway, or otherwise authorize reasonable access to any state or federal highway or route maintained by and under the jurisdiction of the Department by issuance of a special permit as provided under A.R.S. §§ 28-1103 and 28-1104.

B. An applicant for a special permit, issued by the Department as prescribed under subsection (A), shall apply to the Department using the application procedure provided under R17-6-103.

C. A special permit issued by the Department under subsection (A) subjects the permittee to all terms and conditions indicated on the special permit, including the period of time for which the special permit is valid, and may be renewed.

D. To protect life, property, and environmental concerns the Department may issue a special permit under subsection (A) for the operation of an overweight vehicle or vehicle and load combination transporting timber or natural forest products, if the vehicle or vehicle and load combination is within the class A maximum limits prescribed under R17-6-201, and:

1. Configured using one or two tridem axle groups appropriately spaced to meet any axle group weight limitations required by the Department after completing a bridge analysis on all affected routes;

2. Traveling on an authorized highway or roadway, the maintenance of which is under the jurisdiction of the Department;

3. Operating in the furtherance of an ongoing cooperative effort between the U.S. Forest Service, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, county officials, or an Arizona city or town to mitigate the effects of wildfires, correct damages, or improve and otherwise manage forest health by moving or removing natural forest products or biomass;

4. Working to reduce unnecessary fuel loads to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of visitors to the National Forests and any residents of the surrounding communities by significantly reducing any future possibility of fueling a devastating forest fire; and

5. Complying with all route-specific restrictions, requirements, conditions, and allowances provided under R17-6-412, Table 4.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R17-6-207

New Section made by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 665, effective April 8, 2003 (Supp. 03-1). Repealed by final rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2486, effective September 7, 2013. Amended by final rulemaking at 28 A.A.R. 1264, effective 7/8/2022.