41890.
(a) The state board shall annually report on the air pollutant emissions following an unplanned wildfire that has burned 10,000 acres or more. The report shall include, but need not limited to, all of the following:(1) A technical discussion of the likely air pollutant emissions trade-offs of a planned prescribed fire or managed wildfire ignition according to both of the following:
(A) The likely air pollutant emissions, either modeled, monitored real-time emissions, or remotely sensed plume densities from similar conditions using the best-available scientific methodologies. These outputs shall be compared to unplanned wildfire air pollutant emissions at the 97th percentile weather to display the emissions trade-offs and cumulative effects of planned and unplanned fire events.
(B) Science-based fire regimes and fire frequency and the level of fire return interval departure for permitted burning in all the vegetation types where that information is available in the state.
(2) Air pollutant emissions generated by wildfires in comparison to the likely air pollutant emissions from planned burning in the same area as the wildfire.
(3) Necessary geographic and fuel data, as compiled in coordination with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
(4) A break down of the information by area or region.
(b) The state board shall post the report on its Internet Web site in a publicly accessible format.