Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-425 - Outdoor burning › Section 173-425-030 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The definitions of terms contained in chapter 173-400 WAC are
				incorporated by reference. Unless a different meaning is clearly required by
				context, the following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have the
				following meanings:
(1)
"Agricultural burning"
means outdoor burning regulated under
			 chapter 173-430 WAC, including, but not limited to, any incidental agricultural
			 burning or agricultural burning for pest or disease control.
(2)
"Air pollution episode"
means a period when a forecast, alert, warning, or emergency air pollution
			 stage is declared, as stated in chapter 173-435 WAC.
(3)
"Construction/demolition
			 debris"
means all material resulting from the construction, renovation,
			 or demolition of buildings, roads, and other man-made structures.
(4)
"Ecology"
means the
			 Washington state department of ecology.
(5)
"Firefighting instruction
			 fires"
means fires for instruction in methods of firefighting,
			 including, but not limited to, training to fight structural fires, aircraft
			 crash rescue fires, and forest fires.
(6)
"Firewood"
means bare
			 untreated wood used as fuel in a solid fuel burning device, Indian ceremonial
			 fire, or recreational fire.
(7)
"Impaired air quality"
means a first or second stage impaired air
			 quality condition declared by ecology or a local air authority in accordance
			 with WAC 173-433-140.
(8)
"Indian ceremonial fires"
means fires necessary for Native American ceremonies (i.e., conducted by and
			 for Native Americans) if part of a religious ritual.
(9)
"Land clearing burning"
means outdoor burning of trees, stumps, shrubbery, or other natural vegetation
			 from land clearing projects (i.e., projects that clear the land surface so it
			 can be developed, used for a different purpose, or left unused). (RCW
			    70.94.750(2))
(10)
"Local
			 air authority"
means an air pollution control authority activated under
			 chapter
			 70.94 RCW that has
			 jurisdiction over the subject source.
(11)
"Natural vegetation"
means
			 unprocessed plant material from herbs, shrubbery, and trees, including grass,
			 weeds, leaves, clippings, prunings, brush, branches, roots, stumps, and trunk
			 wood.
(12)
"Nonattainment
			 area"
means a clearly delineated geographic area which has been
			 designated by the Environmental Protection Agency because it does not meet (or
			 it contributes to ambient air quality in a nearby area that does not meet) a
			 national ambient air quality standard or standards for one or more of the
			 criteria pollutants, which include carbon monoxide, particulate matter (PM-10
			 and PM2.5), sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, lead, and ozone.
(13)
"Nonurban areas"
means
			 unincorporated areas within a county that are not designated as an urban growth
			 area. (RCW    70.94.745(8))
(14)
"Nuisance"
means an emission of smoke or any other air contaminant
			 that unreasonably interferes with the use and enjoyment of the property upon
			 which it is deposited. (RCW    70.94.030(2))
(15)
"Other outdoor burning"
means any type of outdoor burning not specified in WAC
			 173-425-020(1) or (2)(a) through
			 (i), including, but not limited to, any
			 outdoor burning necessary to protect public health and safety. (RCW
			    70.94.650(7) and 70.94.765)
(16)
"Outdoor burning"
means the combustion of material of any type in
			 an open fire or in an outdoor container without providing for the control of
			 combustion or the control of emissions from the combustion. For the purposes of
			 this rule, "outdoor burning" means all types of outdoor burning except
			 agricultural burning and silvicultural burning. (RCW    70.94.743(2))
(17)
"Permitting agency"
means
			 the agency responsible for issuing permits (including adopting a general
			 permit) for, and/or enforcing all requirements of this chapter that apply to, a
			 particular type of burning in a given area (unless another agency agrees to be
			 responsible for certain enforcement activities in accordance with WAC
			 173-425-060(1)(a) and
			 (6)).
(18)
"Pollutants emitted by outdoor
			 burning"
means carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, particulate matter,
			 sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, lead, and various volatile organic compounds
			 and toxic substances.
(19)
"Rare and endangered plant regeneration fires"
means fires
			 necessary to promote the regeneration of rare and endangered plants found
			 within natural area preserves as identified in chapter 79.70 RCW.
(20)
"Reasonable alternative"
means a method for disposing of organic refuse (such as natural vegetation)
			 that is available, reasonably economical, and less harmful to the environment
			 than burning.
(21)
"Recreational fire"
means cooking fires, campfires, and bonfires
			 using charcoal or firewood that occur in designated areas or on private
			 property for cooking, pleasure, or ceremonial purposes. Fires used for debris
			 disposal purposes are not considered recreational fires.
(22)
"Residential burning"
means
			 the outdoor burning of leaves, clippings, prunings and other yard and gardening
			 refuse originating on lands immediately adjacent and in close proximity to a
			 human dwelling and burned on such lands by the property owner or his or her
			 designee. (RCW    70.94.750(1))
(23)
"Silvicultural burning"
means outdoor burning relating to the
			 following activities for the protection of life or property and/or the public
			 health, safety, and welfare:
(a) Abating a
			 forest fire hazard;
(b) Prevention
			 of a forest fire hazard;
(c)
			 Instruction of public officials in methods of forest firefighting;
(d) Any silvicultural operation to improve
			 the forest lands of the state; and
(e) Silvicultural burning used to improve or
			 maintain fire dependent ecosystems for rare plants or animals within state,
			 federal, and private natural area preserves, natural resource conservation
			 areas, parks, and other wildlife areas. (RCW    70.94.660(1))