Section 58.01.01.624 - SPOT AND BALED CROP RESIDUE BURN AND PROPANE FLAMING REQUIREMENTS01.Applicability. (3-28-23) a. Spot Burn. A spot burn includes no more than one (1) acre of evenly distributed crop residue or two (2) tons of piled crop residue. The open burning of weed patches, spots of heavy residue, equipment plugs and dumps, pivot corners of fields, and pastures may constitute a spot burn. Spot burn does not include the open burning of wind rows. (3-28-23)b. Baled Crop Residue Burn. An open burn used to dispose of broken, mildewed, diseased, or otherwise pest-ridden bales still in the field where they were generated. (3-28-23)c. Propane Flaming. The use of flame-generating equipment to briefly apply flame and/or heat to the topsoil of a cultivated field of pre-emerged or plowed-under crop residue with less than five hundred fifty (550) pounds of burnable, non-green residue per acre in order to control diseases, insects, pests, and weed emergence. (3-28-23)02.Spot and Baled Crop Residue Burn Permit. (3-28-23) a. Any person applying for a spot and baled crop residue burn permit under Section 624 must: (3-28-23) i. Provide the registration information listed in Subsections 619.01 and 619.02; and (3-28-23)ii. Pay a nonrefundable fee of twenty dollars ($20) to the Department (see Section 620) at least fourteen (14) days prior to the date the applicant proposes to conduct the first burn of the calendar year. (3-28-23)b. A spot and baled crop residue burn permit is valid for the calendar year in which it is issued and permits: (3-28-23) i. Burning of a cumulative total of no more than ten (10) acres of spots and/or equivalent piled or baled crop residue during the year; and (3-28-23)ii. No more than one (1) acre of spots and/or equivalent piled or baled crop residue per day. Two (2) tons of piled or baled crop residue is assumed to be equivalent to one (1) acre. (3-28-23)03.Propane Flaming. Persons conducting propane flaming as defined under Subsection 624.01.c. must comply with the applicable provisions in Subsections 624.04 and 624.05. (3-28-23)04.General Provisions. All persons intending to burn under Section 624 must comply with the provisions of Subsections 622.01.c., 622.01.d., 622.01.f., through 622.01.i., and 622.01.k. in addition to the following: (3-28-23) a. The permittee is responsible to ensure that adequate measures are taken so the burn does not create a hazard for travel on a public roadway. (3-28-23)b. Burning is not allowed if the burn location is within three (3) miles of an institution with a sensitive population and the surface wind speed is greater than twelve (12) miles per hour or if the smoke is adversely impacting or is expected to adversely impact an institution with a sensitive population. (3-28-23)c. Burning must not be conducted unless the Department has designated that day a burn day, which for purposes of Section 624 may include weekends and holidays, and the permittee burns within the burn window provided on the Department's website. Spot and baled crop residue burns must not smolder and create smoke outside of the designated time period burning is allowed. (3-28-23)05.Recordkeeping. Permittees must record the date, time frame, type of burn, type of crop, and amount burned on the date of the burn. Records of such burns must be retained for two (2) years and made available to the Department upon request. (3-28-23)Idaho Admin. Code r. 58.01.01.624