COLUSA COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT

REGULATION IV - FEES

RULE 4.11 - AGRICULTURAL BURNING FEES
(Amended 7/11/95)

a. No permit shall be issued and no open burning or burning of agricultural crop waste shall be conducted unless the following fees have been submitted to the District:

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In addition to the above fees there shall be a $5.00 base fee charged to each grower entity.

• The above fees include the costs imposed by the Sacramento Valley Basinwide Air Pollution Control Council up to $5.00 per permit.
• The above fee requirements shall not include, but not be limited to, open burning such as residential burning under three acres, prescribed burning, wildland vegetative management burning, roadside vegetative burning, levee vegetative burning and similar type burning operations.
• Wetlands, refuge and other similar habitat improvement burning shall be assessed fees for open burning at the same rate as field crops other than rice.
• Each grower entity shall be permitted and pay the fees for burning agricultural waste.

  I. For the purpose of this rule, a grower entity shall be the grower and the related fields as listed on a restricted materials permit as issued by the county agricultural commissioner.

b. There shall be an annual agricultural burning program review conducted by the District to determine workload levels and cost recovery. The review shall be presented to the District Board during the annual budget review process.