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Agricultural Burning Permit Applications
The Washington State Department of Ecology requires a permit for all types of Agricultural Burning.
Exceptions:
No permit is required for the following agricultural burning:
- Orchard prunings;
- Organic debris along fence lines or irrigation or drainage ditches;
- or Organic debris blown by the wind.
Alternatives to Burning
This section has links to the different agricultural burn permit
applications. Only complete applications will
be processed.
Incomplete applications will be denied. Complete applications will include:
- A completed permit application;
- A map of the area to be burned; and
- A fee.
If you wish to obtain an agricultural burn permit for burning
to take place in Asotin, Garfield, Columbia, Walla Walla,
Franklin, Adams, Grant, or Whitman, Counties, send the
application to your local permitting authority. The addresses for Local
Permitting Authorities can be found here.
If you wish to burn in Western Washington, or in Benton, Yakima, or Spokane counties, contact your
local air agency here.
If you wish to burn on an Indian Reservation, contact your tribal government.
For burning in all other counties, send you completed burn permit application to:
Agricultural Burning Account
Washington State Department of Ecology
PO Box 5128
Lacey, WA 98509-5128
Applications
Other Resources
NOTE:
Applicants must use Best Management Practices to complete their
application.
Best Management Practices (BMPs):
Agricultural burning is allowed when it is reasonably necessary
to carry out the enterprise. A farmer can show burning is reasonably
necessary when it meets the criteria of the BMPs and no practical
alternative exists. BMPs are one of the ways to demonstrate the
need to burn. Growers not using BMPs must establish that their
proposed burn is reasonably necessary and that no practical
alternative is available. The burden of proof is on the grower, and
the demonstration must satisfy the Department of Ecology and the
local delegated permitting authority, if there is a local permitting
authority.
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