{"id":"8d414273-0944-4d86-8ef1-79d00e79dca8","task":"Determine air-permitting requirements for disposing of land-clearing wood debris using an air curtain incinerator","domain":"epa.gov","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"],"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"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T00:48:12.767Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/8d414273-0944-4d86-8ef1-79d00e79dca8"}