Section 41865 Of Article 3. Agricultural Burning From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 26. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 3.
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. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Connelly-Areias-Chandler Rice Straw Burning Reduction Act of 1991.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) "Sacramento Valley Air Basin" means the area designated by the
state board pursuant to Section 39606.
(2) "Air pollution control council" means the Sacramento Valley
Basinwide Air Pollution Control Council authorized pursuant to
Section 40900.
(3) "Conditional rice straw burning permit" means a permit to burn
granted pursuant to subdivisions (f) and (h).
(4) "Allowable acres to be burned" means the number of acres that
may be burned pursuant to subdivision (c).
(5) "Department" means the Department of Food and Agriculture.
(6) "Maximum fall burn acres" means the maximum amount of rice
acreage that may be burned from September 1 to December 31,
inclusive, of each year.
(7) "Maximum spring burn acres" means the maximum amount of rice
acreage that may be burned from January 1 to May 31 of the following
year, inclusive.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 41850, rice straw burning in counties
in the Sacramento Valley Air Basin shall be phased down, as follows:
(1) From 1998 to 2000, the maximum spring and fall burn acres
shall be the following number of acres planted prior to September 1
of each year: