Determine air-permitting requirements for disposing of land-clearing wood debris using an air curtain incinerator
domain: epa.gov · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Confirm the material to be burned is limited to wood waste, yard waste, and/or clean lumber (no painted/treated/pressure-treated wood, tires, or general trash), the qualifying material set for air-curtain-incinerator treatment under 40 CFR 60
Check current EPA rulemaking status on Title V permitting for air curtain incinerators, since a 2026 rule addressed removing Title V permitting for units burning only qualifying wood waste below a 35-ton-per-day threshold at non-major sources
Obtain the applicable state/local air permit for the air curtain burner, since state programs still generally require a permit or permit-by-rule registration regardless of the federal Title V change
Operate within opacity limits and other operating conditions specified in the permit
For disaster-debris situations, check whether a declared state of emergency unlocks any temporary-use exemptions before assuming standard permitting timelines apply
Known gotchas
Removing federal Title V permitting obligations (where applicable) does not remove state or local air-permitting requirements - a state/local permit is still typically needed
Burning anything beyond clean wood/yard waste/clean lumber (e.g., painted or treated wood) can void the exemption and trigger full solid-waste-incinerator regulation
Disaster-recovery temporary-use exemptions are tied to a declared emergency and are not available for routine, non-disaster land-clearing debris disposal
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