KERAPCD RULE 417 EXCEPTIONS          
LAST REVISED 05/00/89
          
          
          RULE 417 Exceptions - Adopted 4/18/72, Amended 3/19/74, 8/22/89,
                   Renumbered 5/89

          The Exceptions to the Open Burning Rule 416 are as Follows:

          I.     When such fire is set or permission for such fire is given
                 in the performance of the official duty of any public
                 officer, and such fire in the opinion of such officer is
                 necessary for the purpose of the prevention of a fire
                 hazard which cannot be abated by any other means, or for
                 the instruction of volunteer firemen, public or industrial
                 employees in methods of fire fighting.

          II.    Safety flares for the combustion of waste gases.

          III.   Fires used only for cooking of food for human beings.

          IV.    When the material to be burned is residential rubbish and
                 originates on and is being burned on premises not served
                 by an organized solid waste disposal service, or available
                 to a disposal site.

          V.     Backfires or other fire control methods used for the
                 purpose of controlling an existing wild fire.

          VI.    These exceptions shall not apply to the burning of
                 rubbish, of any industrial, commercial, or institutional
                 facilities wherever located, or to a residential facility
                 constructed for use of more than two families.

          VII.   Burning for right-of-way clearing, levee and ditch bank
                 maintenance, or open burning at dumps by a public entity
                 or utility when a permit is obtained from the Control
                 District.  This exception shall be subject to all the
                 provisions of Rule 417.1.

          VIII.  Conducting agricultural operations in the growing of
                 crops, or raising of fowl, animals, or bees on a farm 
                 for the primary purpose of making a profit or for a
                 livelihood; wildland vegetation management, forest
                 management, or range improvement, subject to all the
                 requirements in Rule 417.1.