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- M and the rules in the proposed LDR. These 6 types of burning include: (1) On-site burning, which relates to a development project where there is clearing and they burn the debris on site; (2) Burning by a person who owns another piece of property and he burns debris that he generated from that property on a second piece of property that he owns. This generally happens when a development project includes several sites and the debris is consolidated on one site and burned; (3) Burning of debris on a site that is owned or leased by a commercial land clearer from a site or sites that he does not own but has contracted to clear; (4) A commercial activity where a given site receives debris from people clearing any property anywhere and burns that debris. (5) Agriculture burning which is related to clearing a grove or replanting a grove; and (6) Rural burning which is burning that is not associated with agricultural activity but occurs in a rural area. An example of this would be if someone were building a home on 5 acres and did some land clearing and they. would burn that debris on-site. Director Keating next addressed the. regulating agencies. DER requires permits for burning, exempts certain types of burning, and places requirements on a separation distance. There are circumstances in which DER specifically requires a stationary permit for burning debris and an example of that is the County landfill. DER also regulates the types of burning that require an air curtain incinerator to be used; the County also regulates this type of burning. DER sets the separation distances depending on the type of air curtain that is used, a trench burner or one with vertical refractory walls. Director Keating advised that the first two types of burning listed above require an air curtain incinerator. we currently have no provisions in the zoning code to allow a commercial activity as discussed in burning types 3 and 4, so those two uses are not allowed in the County. Agriculture burning activity is exempt from our rules as it is with DER, and rural burning is subject to our air curtain incinerator requirements. _ Commissioner Bird led discussion regarding separation criteria for commercial burning activities. Mr. DeBlois noted that the DER's regulations leave room for interpretation regarding separation requirements for a stationary permit for burning debris. with a trench burning air curtain incinerator, there is a minimum 300 -feet separation distance; however, off-site, that distance is increased to 1000 feet. If they use vertical refractory lined walls, that distance is reduced to 300 feet. Additionally, there is a 6 -month limit, which defines 17 L_ AFP t 7 1992 BON 87 iF-�TH640