Agricultural burning & permitting

We issue permits for commercial agricultural burning. We also make daily burn decisions to help reduce the health effects from smoke. Check current air quality conditions.

Agricultural burning can be an important part of your business. We want to help you do it safely and legally.

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Daily agricultural burn decision

Image of an agricultural burn from the air showing a lot of smoke. — Smoke from a permitted burn rises out of the area and does not impact neighbors.

If you have an agricultural burn permit, you must check the daily burn decision before burning. We review current and forecasted air quality conditions to decide whether burning will be allowed in your county and zone for the day.

Option A: Call 1-800-406-5322.
Option B: Sign up for an email about the daily burn decision for Central Washington or Eastern Washington.

Agricultural burn permit information

Most agricultural burning requires a permit. If the field you want to burn is in a county with a clean air agency, contact them about an agricultural burn permit.

You don't need a permit to burn	You do need a permit to burn
Fence rows Ditch banks Irrigation canals Annual orchard prunings Windblown tumbleweeds	Post-harvest field and crop residue Vineyard and orchard tree tear-outs Cereal grain stubble Small spots in fields Bales Orchard and field flaming

Don't allow smoke to impact others. Before starting a fire, contact your local fire department to make sure there is no local burn ban.

Find the county, then the office in that county where you can get an agricultural burn permit. Depending on the county your field is in, the burn permit may be issued by us or by a conservation district. If your field is in a county with a clean air agency, contact that agency for information. Tribal land is protected by tribal government, with technical help from EPA.

For a burn permit application, look under "agricultural burn permit applications." Forms may be delivered to one of the offices below, emailed to our Eastern or Central Region office, or mailed to the address listed on the application. Application forms are also available at each office.

County	Contact
Adams	Adams Conservation District Ecology Eastern Region Office
Asotin	Asotin Conservation District Ecology Eastern Region Office
Benton	Benton Clean Air Agency
Chelan	Ecology Central Region Office
Clallam	Olympic Region Clean Air Agency
Clark	Southwest Clean Air Agency
Columbia	Columbia Conservation District Ecology Eastern Region Office
Cowlitz	Southwest Clean Air Agency
Douglas	Ecology Central Region Office
Ferry	Ecology Eastern Region Office
Franklin	Franklin Conservation District
Garfield	Pomeroy Conservation District Ecology Eastern Region Office
Grant	Grant Conservation District Ecology Eastern Region Office
Grays Harbor	Olympic Region Clean Air Agency
Island	Northwest Clean Air Agency
Jefferson	Olympic Region Clean Air Agency
King	Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
Kitsap	Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
Kittitas	Ecology Central Region Office
Klickitat	Ecology Central Region Office
Lewis	Southwest Clean Air Agency
Lincoln	Lincoln Conservation District Ecology Eastern Region Office
Mason	Olympic Region Clean Air Agency
Okanogan	Ecology Central Region Office
Pacific	Olympic Region Clean Air Agency
Pend Oreille	Ecology Eastern Region Office
Pierce	Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
San Juan	Ecology Northwest Region Office
Skagit	Northwest Clean Air Agency
Skamania	Southwest Clean Air Agency
Snohomish	Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
Spokane	Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency
Stevens	Ecology Eastern Region Office
Thurston	Olympic Region Clean Air Agency
Wahkiakum	Southwest Clean Air Agency
Walla Walla	Walla Walla Conservation District Ecology Eastern Region Office
Whatcom	Northwest Clean Air Agency
Whitman	Palouse Conservation District Palouse Rock Lake Conservation District Pine Creek Conservation District Whitman Conservation District Ecology Eastern Region Office
Yakima	Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency
Tribal land	Tribal government EPA Region 10

Fee	Minimum fee	Variable fee
Field burning	$37.50 for 10 acres	$3.75 for each additional acre
Spot burning	$37.50 for 10 acres or less	none
Pile burning	$80 for first 80 tons	$1 for each additional ton

Agricultural burn permit applications

There are five types of agricultural burn permits. Each has its own application with instructions about how to get a permit.

Contact information

Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Klickitat, and Okanogan counties
agburnteamcro@ecy.wa.gov
509-575-2490

Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Walla Walla, and Whitman counties
agburnteamero@ecy.wa.gov
509-329-3400

San Juan County
sean.lundblad@ecy.wa.gov
360-789-9896

Benton, Spokane, Yakima, and western Washington counties (other than San Juan County)
Contact your local clean air agency

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