Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - Air Quality › Chapter 10 - SMOKE MANAGEMENT › Section 10-2 - Open burning restrictions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
The following definitions apply to Chapter 10,
				Section
				2. Unless defined differently below, the
				meaning of the terms used in this section is the same as in Chapter 1, Section
				3 of these regulations.
(i)
"Jurisdictional fire
				authority"
means an agency, organization or department whose
				purpose is to prevent, manage, and/or suppress fires in a designated geographic
				area, including, but not limited to, volunteer fire departments, fire
				districts, municipal fire departments and federal fire staff.
(ii)
"Open
				burning"
shall mean a fire where any material is burned in the
				open or in a receptacle other than a furnace, incinerator, or other equipment
				connected to a stack or chimney. Open burning does not include burns for
				recreational purposes, cooking of food, providing warmth for human beings,
				branding of animals, handheld fire extinguisher training and other similarly
				insignificant burning activities.
(iii)
"Pile
				volume"
means the quantity in cubic feet of vegetative
				materials that have been manually or mechanically relocated and heaped
				together, as calculated using pile shape and overall dimensions.
(iv)
"Population"
means all individuals, other than the open burner,
				occupying a fixed area. Fixed areas include, but are not limited to, portions
				of property normally occupied as residential, recreational, institutional,
				commercial, or educational premises, but do not include fixed areas under
				control of the open burner.
(v)
"Prohibited materials"
means substances
				including, but not limited to; natural or synthetic rubber products, including
				tires; waste petroleum products, such as oil or used oil filters; insulated
				wire; plastic products, including polyvinyl chloride ("PVC") pipe, tubing and
				connectors; tar, asphalt, asphalt shingles, or tar paper; railroad ties; wood,
				wood waste, or lumber that is painted or chemically treated; explosives or
				ammunition; batteries; hazardous waste products; asbestos or asbestos
				containing materials; or materials which cause dense smoke discharges,
				excluding refuse and flaring associated with oil and gas well testing,
				completions and well workovers.
(vi)
"Refuse"
means any waste material including garbage that is generated at dwelling units,
				farmsteads, or ranch headquarters.
(vii)
"Trade
				wastes"
shall mean solid, liquid, or gaseous material resulting
				from construction or the prosecution of any business, trade or industry, or any
				demolition operation including but not limited to wood, plastics, cartons,
				grease, oil, chemicals and cinders and excluding vegetative material and
				refuse.
(viii)
"Vegetative material"
means untreated unprocessed wood,
				including, but not limited to, trees, tree stumps, tree limbs, bark, chips,
				duff, grass, grass clippings, leaves, conifer needles, bushes, shrubs, weeds,
				clippings from bushes and shrubs, and agricultural plant residue.