LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Air Quality Management District reported that Lake County's annual burn ban is still in effect.
Cal Fire has lifted its burn permit suspension, which prevents any burning during peak fire season, however they have not declared an end to fire season, the district said.
The district reported that the burn ban includes all open waste burning, though exemption burns are now possible, with the lifting of the burn permit suspension by Cal Fire.
These exemptions may include burns for agricultural operations, essential control burns for fire safety projects, public safety burns, specific burns in the Valley fire recovery areas and others, according to the district's report.
To obtain an exemption, first contact the Lake County Air Quality Management District at 707-263-7000 to determine need, then your local fire protection agency so that your burn site can be inspected and evaluated for fire safety.
The district said that only after the fire agency has inspected the burn site and notified the air quality management district that the proposed burn is fire safe can individuals obtain a written exemption permit.
Anyone responsible for open burning during the ban without an exemption permit may be subject to a citation, fines and the cost of the fire agency response to extinguish the fire, the district said.
Burn restrictions will remain in effect until Cal Fire declares an end to fire season, according to the district.
Lake County’s joint fire and air quality management district’s open burning program has incorporated both fire safety and air quality management since 1987, and officials say it has greatly contributed to Lake County’s fire safety and air quality.
Lake County burn ban remains in effect
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