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A Minutes from the public workshop held on Janumy 15, 2004· · Staff Report, FRAQMD Open Burning Regulation FEATHER RIVER AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OPEN BURNING WORKSHOP 1115/04 3:00P.M. SUTTER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL COMMISISONER'S CONFERENCE ROOM MINUTES DISTRICT STAFF ATTENDING: Steve Speckert, Jeff Citron, Karla Sanders PUBLIC ATTENDING: Dave Kimerer, Bob Stickel, Harry Hunt, Dave Giampaoli, Devinder Tumber, Joseph Patane, Mat Conant, Doris Joaquin, Jim Lachman, Bill Medren INTRODUCTIONS

& PURPOSE OF WORKSHOP-Jeff 1. ATCM for residential open burning in effect as of 111/04 2. District enforcement
of current regulations 3. District opposed ATCM 4. Unification of Ag burn rules NECESSITY OF A TCM ADOPTION-Steve CHANGES TO RULE-Jeff,

as per Staff Report Pg
.5 COMMENTS: -Can we continue to burn ag waste, brush/prunings? Answer: Yes. -What are changes to ag burn? Answer

: Burn Hours, deleting commercial open burning for development, removing tire burning for pesticide applications. -Can paper pesticide sacks be burned at satellite airstrip or airpmi? Answer: Sacks may be burned at either location, wherever mixing of materials occurs, per Section H.2. -What is the impact of burning paper pesticide sacks? Answer: The potential of being physically impacted by the smoke. -What can be done to prevent overloading of residential burn calls to volunteer fire departments answering machines? Answer: District will contact Yuba and Sutter County Sheriff Dispatchers

to inquire if they will receive burn information from ag burners in volunteer fire department jurisdictions. -Can paper pesticide sacks be burned in a burn barrel? Answer

: Yes, burn barrel ban affects residential burning only.

· -Is this area going to get as bad as San Joaquin for home burning? Answer

: Our air quality
is not as bad as the extreme status in San Joaquin. The ARB may institute similar measures
in the future in this District but we have not heard of any potential restrictions

at this time. -What do I do with the residue from the paper pesticide sacks. Answer: Dispose of ash in garbage. Wood ash is allowed to put in ground. 13.Staff Report, FRAQMD OpenBurning
Regulation -Where do they take measurements
of air? Answer: Monitors arelocated throughout the Sacramento Valley, atopthe Sutter Buttes, downtown Yuba City toNatomas. -What doIdo with my greasy ragsand papertowels? Answer: Dispose ofatlandfill. FEATHER RIVER AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OPEN BURNING WORKSHOP 10/17/03 3:00P
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. YUBA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL COMMISISONER'S CONFERENCE ROOM MINUTES DISTRICT STAFF ATTENDING

: Steve Speckert, Jeff Citron, Bill Schacht

,Karla Sanders PUBLIC ATTENDING: Werner Keirn, Irene Dost, Duane Hensley, Anita Lang, Gary Fildes INTRODUCTIONS

& PURPOSE OF WORKSHOP

-Jeff 5. A TCM for residential open burning 6.District enforcement
of current regulations 7.District opposed
A TCM 8.Unification of Ag burn rules NECESSITY OFA TCM ADOPTION-Steve CHANGES TO RULE-Jeff,

asperStaff Report Pg
.4 COMMENTS

: -What wasthe study and how do they justify substantial impact from waste burning? Answer: Magnitude of toxics, distance toIandfillltransfer station, population densities

. -What are changes to agburn? Answer: Burn Hours, deleting commercial open burning for development -What can youburn ataresidence? Answer: Vegetation

inan open space,nobarrel, no paper

,nocardboard, no imported vegetative waste

. -What are they burning atthe landfill? Answer: No burning occurring
atthe landfill, there isanactive composting operation. Recycling options and disposal methods werediscussed by Deborah Biersteker of Yuba County Environmental Health Dept. -What arethe changes totimber farming (grower has 640 acres)? Answer: Smoke Management Plan req

'd. for any plan over10 acres

.No changes toForest Mgt. procedures. Plan given to grower. -Howis the burn programenforced? Answer: Complaint driven program -How will burn barrel ban be enforced? Answer: complaint driven, barrel will be allowed toremain on-site, however, no burning
in barrel will be enforced by warning, initially, concentrating
on prohibited materials

. -Garbage pickup/When will recycling pickup beavailable for outlying areas? 14