Washington Administrative Code
Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508)
Chapter 173-433 - Solid fuel burning devices
Section 173-433-140 - Criteria for impaired air quality burn bans
Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 173-433-140
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
Ecology or a local air authority may call an impaired air quality burn ban as follows:
(1) Stage 1 impaired air quality burn ban:
(a) Ecology or the local air authority may
call a stage 1 impaired air quality burn ban when they predict that the
twenty-four hour average of PM-2.5 levels will reach or exceed thirty-five
micrograms per cubic meter within forty-eight hours.
(b) Pierce, Snohomish, and Yakima counties
each contain at least one area at risk for nonattainment. In these counties,
the local air authority may call a stage 1 impaired air quality burn ban when
they predict that the twenty-four hour average of PM-2.5 levels will reach or
exceed thirty micro-grams per cubic meter within seventy-two hours.
(2) Stage 2 impaired air quality burn ban:
(a) Ecology or the
local air authority may call a stage 2 impaired air quality burn ban when all
of the following conditions exist:
(i) A stage
1 impaired air quality burn ban is already in effect and has not reduced the
trend of rising PM-2.5 levels adequately.
(ii) The twenty-four hour average of PM-2.5
levels have already reached or exceeded twenty-five micrograms per cubic
meter.
(iii) Ecology or the local
air authority expects that PM-2.5 levels will remain above twenty-five
micrograms per cubic meter for twenty-four hours or more from the time PM-2.5
levels reached the trigger in (a)(ii) of this subsection.
(b) Ecology or the local air authority may
call a stage 2 impaired air quality burn ban without calling a stage 1 impaired
air quality burn ban when all of the following conditions exist:
(i) The twenty-four hour average of PM-2.5
levels have reached or exceeded twenty-five micrograms per cubic
meter.
(ii) PM-2.5 levels have
risen rapidly.
(iii) Ecology or the
local air authority predicts that the twenty-four hour average of PM-2.5 levels
will exceed thirty-five micrograms per cubic meter within twenty-four
hours.
(iv) Weather conditions
alone are highly unlikely to help decrease PM-2.5 levels
sufficiently.
(c)
Pierce, Snohomish, and Yakima counties each contain at least one area at risk
for nonattainment. In these counties, the local air authority may call a stage
2 impaired air quality burn ban without calling a stage 1 impaired air quality
burn ban when all of the following conditions exist:
(i) The twenty-four hour average of PM-2.5
levels have reached or exceeded twenty-five micrograms per cubic
meter.
(ii) PM-2.5 levels have
risen rapidly.
(iii) The local air
authority predicts that the twenty-four hour average of PM-2.5 levels will
reach or exceed thirty micrograms per cubic meter within twenty-four
hours.
(iv) Weather conditions
alone are highly unlikely to help decrease PM-2.5 levels
sufficiently.
(3) Ecology or the local air authority may call an impaired air quality burn ban for areas smaller than a county, when and where feasible.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.94 RCW. 91-07-066 (Order 90-58), § 173-433-140, filed 3/20/91, effective 4/20/91.
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