Section 39011 Of Chapter 2. Definitions From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 26. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2.
39011
. "Agricultural burning" means open outdoor fires used in any
of the following:
(a) Agricultural operations in the growing of crops or raising of
fowl or animals, or open outdoor fires used in forest management,
range improvement, or the improvement of land for wildlife and game
habitat, or disease or pest prevention.
(b) The operation or maintenance of a system for the delivery of
water for the purposes specified in subdivision (a).
(c) Wildland vegetation management burning.
(1) For purposes of this subdivision, wildland vegetation
management burning is the use of prescribed burning conducted by a
public agency, or through a cooperative agreement or contract
involving a public agency, to burn land predominantly covered with
chaparral, trees, grass, or standing brush.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, prescribed burning is the
planned application and confinement of fire to wildland fuels on
lands selected in advance of that application to achieve any of the
following objectives:
(A) Prevention of high-intensity wildland fires through reduction
of the volume and continuity of wildland fuels.
(B) Watershed management.
(C) Range improvement.
(D) Vegetation management.
(E) Forest improvement.
(F) Wildlife habitat improvement.
(G) Air quality maintenance.
(3) The planned application of fire may include natural or
accidental ignition.