BUTTE COUNTY AQMD RULES AND REGULATIONS

Rule 300 Open Burning Requirements, Prohibitions and Exemptions (Adopted February 23, 1971;AmendedDecember 12, 1972 andJuly 15, 1980; Recodifiedand Amended August6, 1985;AmendedSeptember 18, 1990 andApril 7, 1992; Recodified andAmended August20, 1998; RecodifiedAugust22, 2002;AmendedJanuary 22, 2004; RecodifiedandAmendedDecember 9, 2010:AmendedFebruary 24, 2011)

RULE 300 CONTENTS

1 PURPOSE

2 APPLICABILITY

3 EFFECTIVE DATE

4 EXEMPTIONS 4.1 Agricultural Burning 4.2 Animal Husbandry Branding 4.3 Backfires 4.4 Disposal ofContraband 4.5 Disposal ofan Unserviceable American Flag

5 4.6 Filmmaking 4.7 Fire Hazard Reduction 4.8 Fires Set By Public Officers 4.9 Industrial Site Fire Training 4.10 Non-Agricultural Burning 4.11 Pesticide Application 4.12 Recreational Fires 4.13 Residential Burning 4.14 Right-of-Way Clearing

DEFINITIONS 5.1 Agricultural Burning 5.2 Agricultural Waste 5.3 Air Pollution Control Officer (APCO) 5.4 Approved Ignition Devices 5.5 Backfire 5.6 Brush Treated 

### 5.7 BurnBarrel 5.8 Burn Information Recorder 5.9 BurnPermit orAir Quality BurnPermit 5.10 Burn Season Month 5.11 California Air Resources Board (CARB) 5.12 Chico Sphere oflnfluence 5.13 Class I Area 5.14 Contraband 5.15 Crackle Test 5.16 Daily Acreage Allocation 5.17 Disposal

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5.18 DISTRICT 5.19 Fire Agency BurnPermit 5.20 Fire Hazard Reduction Burning 5.21 Fire Protection Agency 5.22 Forest Management Burning 5.23 Garbage 5.24 Incinerator 5.25 Land Clearing 5.26 Land Manager 5.27 Magalia/Upper Ridge Area RULES AND REGULATIONS

5.28 National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) 5.29 No-Burn Day 5.30 Non-Agricultural Burning 5.31 Open Burning 5.32 Paper Containers ofAgricultural Chemicals 5.33 Permissive BurnDay orBurnDay 5.34 Person 5.35 Prescribed Burning 5.36 Prescribed Fire Incident Reporting System (PFIRS) 5.37 Prohibited Materials 5.38 Prunings-Only BurnDay 5.39 Range Improvement Burning 5.40 Residential Burning 5.41 Residential BurnDay 5.42 Rice Equivalent Acres 5.43 Rubbish 5.44 Sacramento Valley Air Basin 5.45 Sacramento Valley Air Basin Smoke Management Program 5.46 Silvaculture or Timber Management 5.47 Smoke Impact Liability 5.48 Smoke Management Plan 5.49 Smoke Management Program Coordinator 5.50 Smoke Sensitive Area 5.51 State Responsibility Areas 5.52 Town ofParadise Sphere 5.53 Variance 5.54 Wildland 5.55 Wildland Management Burning

6 GENERAL PROHIBITIONS

7 BURNPERMIT REQUIREMENTS 7.1 General Requirements 7.2 Required Information 7.3 Fees 7.4 Exemptions to Permit Requirements

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8 GENERAL BURNREQUIREMENTS, CONDITIONS AND PRACTICES 8.1 Designated BurnPeriod 8.2 Drying Time Requirement 8.3 Fire Control 8.4 Fire Protection Agencies 8.5 Fire Suppression 8.6 Ignition Devices 8.7 Required Conduct 8.8 Restriction OfBurning During Poor Air Quality Conditions 8.9 Smoke Minimization 8.10 Strict Liability 8.11 Suspension ofBurning Privilege 8.12 Wind Direction

9 AGRICULTURAL BURNING 9.1 General Conditions 9.2 BurnHours 9.3 Daily Acreage Allocation 9.4 Field Crop BurnLimitation 9.5 Notice oflntentto Ignite 9.6 Paper Containers ofAgricultural Chemicals 9.7 Flood Debris 9.8 Permit to Burn on a No-Burn Day 9.9 Range Improvement Burning on a No-Burn Day 9.10 Acreage Limitation onNo-Burn Days 9.11 Rice Straw Burning 9.12 Wildland Vegetation Management Burning

10 NON-AGRICULTURAL BURNING 10.1 General Conditions 10.2 BurnHours 10.3 Fires Set by Public Officers 10.4 Disposal ofContraband 10.5 Industrial Site Fire Training 10.6 Land Clearing 10.7 Right ofWay, Levee, Reservoir and Ditch Clearing 10.8 Fire Hazard Reduction

11 RESIDENTIAL BURNING 11.1 General Conditions 11.2 BurnHours 11.3 Performance Standards 11.4 Additional Requirements for Magalia/Upper Ridge Area 11.5 Additional Requirements for the Chico Sphere oflnfluence

12 SEVERABILITY

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