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Open Burning Announcement
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FROM: ODF METEOROLOGIST
SUBJECT: WILLAMETTE VALLEY OPEN BURN ANNOUNCEMENT <b>(NORTH OF LANE COUNTY)</b>
TO: DEQ, OEM
<span class="text_bold_red">*** COVID-19 NOTICE: VOLUNTARY REQUEST TO CURTAIL OUTDOOR BURNING ***
(Details are available <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/ODF/Fire/Pages/Burn.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>)</span>
<b>Open Burn Announcement for Thursday, March 4th, 2021</b>
<b>*** STOP! Call before you burn! ***</b>
All burning is subject to the requirements of your local jurisdiction.
Contact <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/osp/programs/sfm/Pages/Fire-Agency-Contact-List.aspx" target="_blank">your fire department</a> to learn about restrictions in your area.
<b>Agricultural burning:
Based on air quality considerations recommend agricultural burning be limited to the period
from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Backyard burning inside special control areas:
Based on air quality considerations backyard burning is allowed from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.</b>
➤ Burn bans could be in effect by your county, city, or local fire department. Unauthorized
burning during a burn ban may be subject to enforcement. All burns are subject to the
<a href="https://oregon.public.law/rules/oar_340-264-0010" target="_blank">Oregon Rules for Open Burning</a>. Never burn prohibited materials.
➤ When possible, use <a href="https://www.deq.state.or.us/aq/burning/openburning/openburn.asp" target="_blank">alternative disposal methods</a>. Burning in compliance with this
announcement does not exempt any person from civil or criminal liability for consequences or
damages resulting from burning.
➤ If burning in Lane County, contact <a href="http://www.lrapa.org/" target="_blank">Lane Regional Air Protection Agency</a> for burn
restrictions. If burning outside of the <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/odf/Documents/fire/FIRE_WEATHER_ZONE_2015.pdf" target="_blank">Willamette Valley boundary (Zone 604)</a>, contact
your local <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/ODF/AboutODF/Pages/MapOffices.aspx" target="_blank">Oregon Department of Forestry district office</a> or local fire department.
<b><em>This announcement is not approval to burn.</em>
*** STOP! Call before you burn! ***</b>
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality regulates open burning in the Willamette Valley and has contracted with the<br/>
Oregon Department of Forestry meteorology program to produce daily Open Burning Announcements indicating the types and<br/>
times of burning allowed/recommended in the Willamette Valley, north of Lane County, based on air quality considerations.<br/>
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Sign up to <a href="http://weather.smkmgt.com/mailman/listinfo/open_burn_announce_weather.smkmgt.com" target="_blank">get email alerts</a> whenever this announcement is updated.<br/>
An archive of Open Burning Announcements is <a href="http://smkmgt.com/archives/burn_advisories/?MD" target="_blank">here</a>. The current Open Burning Announcement is <a href="http://smkmgt.com/burn.php" target="_blank">here</a>.
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