Burn Barrel

Choose from the five situations below, depending on your situation:

I live within the Keizer Fire District and I would like to have a recreational burn: Allowed, assuming you follow the rules. See "Recreational Burning"

I live within the city limits of Keizer and I would like to burn yard debris: Backyard burning is banned within the city limits of Keizer and permits or variances are not issued.

Should you choose to burn material and it is not a Recreational Burn, citations start at $500 plus fire apparatus & crew time spent on your illegal burn, which could reach $1,000 or more total.

I live outside the city limits of Keizer and I would like to burn yard debris: Allowed - See information in next paragraph.

The following types of materials may only be open burned on "burn days" which are authorized by DEQ during the spring (March 1st through June 15th) and fall (October 1st through December 15th). You do not need a DEQ permit but must receive permission from your local fire department. Backyard burning is banned within the city limits of Keizer.

• Yard Debris - Includes wood, needle or leaf materials from trees, shrubs or plants from the real property immediately adjacent to a dwelling of not more than four family living units.

I live within the Keizer Fire District and I would like to burn agricultural waste: If you meet Ag Burn Rules contact the Keizer Fire District at 503-390-9111, 8am-5pm, Monday thru Friday prior to burning.

I live within the Keizer Fire District and I would like to burn something not previously mentioned: Keep reading...

Burning Regulations for Marion County - Keizer Open Burn Control Area (within 6 miles of Keizer City limits) 

You need to apply for a DEQ Burn Permit and receive permission from your local fire department to burn the following types of material:

• Industrial - Includes the burning of waste, including process waste, produced as the direct result of any manufacturing or industrial process.
  
  
• Commercial - Includes the burning of any waste like:
  • Waste material from offices, wholesale or retail yards and outlets, warehouses, restaurants, mobile home parks and dwellings containing more than four dwelling units, for example apartments, condominiums, hotels, motels or dormitories
    Any material not otherwise covered under other the other waste classifications
    
    
• Construction Waste - Includes the burning of waste material generally used for, resulting from or produced by a building or construction project. This could include wood, lumber, paper, crating and packing materials processed for or used during cleanup of a construction site.
  
  
• Demolition Waste - Includes the burning of waste material resulting from or produced by the complete or partial destruction or tearing down of any man-made structure, or the clearing of any site for land improvement or cleanup. Land clearing waste is typically considered demolition waste except when it is included in the definitions of agricultural waste, yard debris or slash. Examples of land clearing waste include the removal of trees, brush, logs, stumps, debris or man-made structures for the purpose of site clean up or site preparation.
  
  
• Domestic - Includes household waste material such as paper, cardboard, clothing, yard debris (wood, needle or leaf materials from trees, shrubs or plants) or other material generated in or around a dwelling of four-or-fewer family living units, or on the property immediately adjacent to the dwelling.
  
  
• Slash - Includes forest debris or woody vegetation to be burned that is related to the management of forestland used for growing and harvesting timber, not otherwise regulated by the Department of Forestry.

Smoke from the burning of the materials listed below are especially hazardous to people's health and the environment. These materials can never be open burned:

• Wet garbage
• Plastic
• Asbestos
• Wire insulation
• Automobile parts
• Asphalt
• Petroleum treated materials
• Painted wood and wood treated with creosote or pentachlorophenol
• Rubber products including tires
• Animal remains
• Animal or vegetable matter resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking or service of food
• Any other material that emits dense smoke or noxious odors

The following requirements apply to any burning, when allowed:

• You are responsible for any fire, smoke or odors created from open burning and for any damage that results from your fire.
• A responsible person must constantly attend any open burning.
• This person must be capable of and have the equipment to extinguish the fire.
• This person must also completely extinguish a fire before leaving it.
• The burning must be conducted between the hours of 7:30 AM and two hours before sunset.
• The fire cannot create a nuisance or a hazard to public safety.
• No burning can occur during a period when prohibited by the Department of Environmental Quality or the State Fire Marshal because of adverse fire safety, meteorological or air quality conditions.
• If you plan to move debris from one site to another and burn it you need a DEQ permit.

OpenBurn_midwillvalley.pdf (179.4KB)   DEQ-Open Burning Regulations for the Mid-Willamette Valley

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