21.05.050 Principal air quality provisions.
(a) No person shall set, or allow to be set, any forest or open fire(s) within the YIR without a valid burn permit issued by the YTEP (YTC 21.05.110).
(b) Fires set to improve cultural or ceremonial resources of the Tribe will go through the burn permit process, but fees shall be waived.
(c) The Tribe shall create a Tribal Smoke Management Plan (SMP) (Chapter 21.10 YTC), which will detail the functions of a Tribal Smoke Management Program, including the issuance of burn permits.
(d) The Tribal Smoke Management Program, through a Smoke Management Coordinator (SMC), shall be responsible for soliciting, reviewing, approving, and tracking burn permits for properties within the boundaries of the YIR.
(e) The following are exempted from the permit requirements of YTC 21.05.110:
(1) Fires used only for the cooking of food for human consumption, including fires used for smoking or curing of foods.
(2) Campfires or cultural, ceremonial, religious fires recognized by the Tribe, so long as those fires are attended to and fire suppression equipment is at hand. Exempted fires are limited to those of a nonspreading variety less than three feet in diameter.
(3) Fires set or permitted by any authorized public officer when such fire is necessary for any of the following purposes:
(A) The prevention of an imminent fire hazard.
(B) The setting of backfires necessary to save life or property. [Ord. 12 § 6, adopted, 4/7/2005.]