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Bay Area Air Quality Management District

With very rare exceptions, there are two types of permissible open/control burning within the BAAQMD district—hazardous material fires and orchard/vineyard attrition fires—and stringent conditions apply to each, please review guidlines in the BAAQMD documents.

Hazardous Material (BAAQD Regulation 5 401.6) 

• Only natural vegetation or native growth may be burned
• The amount of material from a single property cleared and burned annually is greater than 5 cubic yards.

Hazardous Material: Any combustible or flammable material which may pose a fire or explosion hazard including but not limited to, natural vegetation or other native growth cleared away to create or maintain a firebreak around any building or structure on a property as required to comply with Section 4291 of the State Public Resources Code to reduce the risk of a wildfire.

BAAQMD does not issue permits but they do require a open burning form to be completed and a fee be paid annually.

I want to burn "Hazardous Materials" as described above - FILL OUT THE BELOW FOR FOR AN APPROVAL LETTER FROM OUR OFFICE