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HOUSE BILL 2935
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Representatives R. Meyers, Sheldon, Carlson and Wood
Read first time 02/03/92. Referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs.
AN ACT Relating to outdoor burning regulation duties of fire districts and fire protection districts; and amending RCW 70.94.745 and 70.94.750.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 70.94.745 and 1991 c 199 s 401 are each amended to read as follows:
It
shall be the responsibility and duty of the department of natural resources,
department of ecology, department of agriculture, ((fire districts,))
and local air pollution control authorities to establish, through regulations,
ordinances, or policy, a limited burning program for the people of this state,
consisting of a one-permit system, until such time as alternate technology or
methods of disposing of the organic refuse have been developed that are
reasonably economical and less harmful to the environment. It is the policy of
this state to foster and encourage development of alternate methods or
technology for disposing of or reducing the amount of organic refuse.
Sec. 2. RCW 70.94.750 and 1991 c 199 s 412 are each amended to read as follows:
The
following outdoor fires described in this section may be burned subject to the
provisions of this chapter and also subject to city ordinances, county
resolutions, ((rules of fire districts)) and laws((,)) and rules
enforced by the department of natural resources if a permit has been issued by
a ((fire protection agency,)) county((,)) or conservation
district:
(1) Fires consisting 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.
(2) Fires consisting of residue of a natural character such as trees, stumps, shrubbery or other natural vegetation arising from land clearing projects or agricultural pursuits for pest or disease control; provided the fires described in this subsection may be prohibited in those areas having a general population density of one thousand or more persons per square mile.