Comment sought on permit fee hikes for farm burning
CBC Crescent Bar Chronicle News
SPOKANE - The public has an opportunity to submit comments on a proposed rise in the cost of getting a burn permit for agricultural burning.
The state Department of Ecology (Ecology) is proposing hikes that were determined by the Agricultural Burning Practices and Research Task Force.
The 2012 Legislature approved the fee increases. The new fees would go into effect July 1, 2012. The task force set the new fee levels.
For field burning and spot burning, the fee would increase by $7.50 to $37 for the first 10 acres. In the case of field burning, each additional acre will cost $3.75, up from $3.
For burning piles, the fee would be $80 for the first 80 tons instead of for the first 100 tons. Each additional ton would be $1, which is up 50 cents from the current fee.
Ecology will accept written comments on the proposed fee increases by email to [email protected] until 5 p.m., April 30. You may submit written, hard copy comments to Paul Rossow, Department of Ecology, 4601 N. Monroe St., Spokane, WA 99205-1295.
Ecology will host public hearings and workshops on April 24 and 26 to explain the proposed hikes and provide an opportunity for people to give formal oral testimony.
The second hearing will take place at 6:30 p.m., April 26, at Ecology's Central Regional Office, 15 W. Yakima Ave. in Yakima.
After Ecology receives and considers all public comments, it will issue the final fee schedule and a response to comments
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