Final Staff Report and Recommendations on Agricultural Burning



# Appendix B

CH&SC Crop CategoriesFinal Staff Report and Recommendations on Agricultural Burning 

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### San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control Di strict May 20, 2010 Revised July 21, 2010

B-3 Appendix B: Table of Crop Categories Final Staff Report and Recommendations on Agricultural Burning 

### Table B-1 Current Status of CH&SC Crop Categories a nd Requirements CH&SC Crop Categories and Burn Prohibition Requirem ents

Crop Category Burn Permits were no longer issued for the following: Burn Permits have continued to be issued for the following:

Field Crops alfalfa, asparagus, barley stubble, beans, corn, cotton, flower straw, hay, lemon grass, oat stubble, pea vines, peanuts, safflower, sugar cane, vegetable crops,

and wheat stubble Phase-in schedule for the burning of rice stubble per year of the total acreage of rice farmed by the operator:

• Until June 1, 2010: up to 70%

• Until June 1, 2015: up to 50%

Until June 1, 2015 for residual rice stubble, spot burning of rice stubble, and burning of weeds and vegetative

materials on rice field levees and banks

Prunings apricot crops, avocado crops, bushberry crops, cherry crops, Christmas trees, citrus crops, date crops, eucalyptus crops, kiwi crops, nectarine crops, nursery prunings, olive crops, pasture or corral trees, peach crops, persimmon crops, pistachio crops, plum crops, pluot
crops, pomegranate crops, prune crops, and rose crops fig crops, apple crops, pear crops, and quince crops

Weed Abatement berms, fence rows, pasture, grass, and

Bermuda Grass weed abatement activities affecting ponding and levee banks

Orchard Removals orchard removal matter of more than 20 acres at a single location, per calendar

year citrus crops, apple crops, pear crops, quince crops, and orchard removal matter

from a total of 20 acres or less of orchard removal at a single location, per calendar

year

Vineyard Removals 2010 Crop Category 2010 Crop Cate gory

Surface Harvested Prunings 2010 Crop Category 2010 Crop Category
Other Materials 2010 Crop Category 2010 Crop Catego ry Other CH&SC Requirements

A conditional burning permit shall be issued by the APCO for crops identified as diseased, if all of t he criteria cover by Section 5.9 of Rule 4103 (Open Burning) ar e met. At lease one of the Best Management Practices shall be used for the control of other weeds and mainten ance, as listed in Attachment 1 and as covered by Section 5.5.3 of the April 15, 2010 version of Rule 4103 ( Open Burning).

### San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control Di strict May 20, 2010 Revised July 21, 2010

B-4 Appendix B: Table of Crop Categories Final Staff Report and Recommendations on Agricultural Burning 

### Table B-2 Approved Recommendations for the CH&SC Cr op Categories & Requirements

CH&SC Crop Categories and Burn Prohibition Requirem ents

Crop Category Burn Permits would no longer be issued for the following: Burn Permits would continue to be issued for the following:

Field Crops alfalfa, asparagus, barley stubble, bea ns, corn, cotton, flower straw, hay, lemon grass, oat stubble, pea vines, peanuts, safflower, sugar cane, vegetable crops,

and wheat stubble rice stubble up to 70% per year of the total acreage of rice farmed by the
operator

residual rice stubble, spot burning of rice stubble, and burning of weeds and vegetative materials on rice field levees

and banks Prunings apricot crops, avocado crops, bushberry crops, cherry crops, Christmas trees, citrus crops, date crops, eucalyptus crops, kiwi crops, nectarine crops, nursery prunings, olive crops, pasture or corral trees, peach crops, persimmon crops, pistachio crops, plum crops, pluot
crops, pomegranate crops, prune crops, rose crops, and fig crops apple crops, pear crops, and quince

crops

Weed Abatement berms, fence rows, pasture, grass, a nd

Bermuda Grass weed abatement activities affecting ponding and levee banks

Orchard Removals orchard removal matter of more tha n 15 acres at a single location, per calendar

year citrus crops, apple crops, pear crops, quince crops, and orchard removal matter

from a total of 15 acres or less of orchard removal at a single location, per calendar

year Vineyard Removals none at this time vineyard remova l materials from grape and kiwi crops

Surface Harvested Prunings grape canes (defined as "vineyard materials"), grape vines, and from prunings of almond, walnut, and pecan crops for each agricultural operation whose total nut acreage at all agricultural operation sites is 3,500 acres or more raisin trays (defined as "vineyard materials"), and for up to 20 acres of prunings per year for almond, walnut, and pecan crops for agricultural operations whose total nut acreage at all agricultural operation sites is less than 3,500 acres with a case-by-case allowance of additional burn requests based on economic feasibility Other Materials brooder paper and deceased goats di seased beehives

Other CH&SC Requirements

A conditional burning permit shall be issued by the APCO for crops identified as diseased, if all of t he criteria cover by Section 5.9 of Rule 4103 (Open Burning) ar e met. At lease one of the Best Management Practices shall be used for the control of other weeds and mainten ance, as listed in Attachment 1 and as covered by Section 5.5.3 of the April 15, 2010 version of Rule 4103 ( Open Burning).