California Code of Regulations
Title 17 - Public Health
Division 3 - Air Resources
Chapter 1 - Air Resources Board
Subchapter 2 - Smoke Management Guidelines for Agricultural and Prescribed Burning
Article 2 - District Smoke Management Program
Section 80155 - Sacramento Valley Basinwide Program
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
The Sacramento Valley Basinwide Air Pollution Control Council (Basinwide Council) shall submit a smoke management program to the ARB for review and approval. The smoke management program shall apply to all areas of the Sacramento Valley Air Basin. In addition to all other applicable requirements, it shall contain:
(a) A daily basinwide acreage equation establishing a theoretical maximum daily allocation which includes a basinwide meteorological factor (B.M.F.--determined from Tables 4 and 5 of section 80320) and a basinwide air quality factor.
(b) Procedures for refining the theoretical maximum allocation in order to establish an initial actual allocation, including consultation between the ARB duty meteorologist and the basin coordinator and considering additional real-time air quality and meteorological information.
(c) Procedures for distributing acreage allocations to each air district. The total acreage distributed shall not exceed the initial actual allocation determined by the ARB in consultation with the basin coordinator. The program may specify procedures to update the initial actual allocation, based on real-time meteorological information and the progress of burning the initial actual allocation.
(d) The hours to be permitted for burning.
(e) A description of the meteorological and air quality monitoring networks to be used to provide data for determining the basinwide meteorological and air quality factors.
(f) Other clarifying details mutually agreed upon by the Basinwide Council and the ARB.
1. Amendment of section heading, repealer of former section 80155, and renumbering of former section 80150(e)-(e)(5) as new section 80155 filed 3-14-2001; operative 3-14-2001 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2001, No. 11).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 39600, 39601, 41856 and 41859, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 41856, 41857, 41858, 41859 and 41863, Health and Safety Code.
