BILL NUMBER:  SB 382
  VETOED	DATE: 10/12/2009




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 382 without my signature.

This bill would invalidate a permit to burn agricultural waste within
the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (District) on
any day or days in which burning from wood-burning devices, such as
fireplaces, is prohibited.

This bill is unnecessary.  The District has existing authority to
regulate, as appropriate, both agricultural burning, through its
California Air Resources Board-approved Smoke Management Program, and
residential wood burning through existing District rules.

Additionally, vegetation management projects play a significant role
in preventing and reducing the spread of devastating wildfires.  As
written, this bill could constrain the ability of Cal Fire to perform
critical vegetation management projects on State Responsibility Area
lands located within the District.

Burn activities should be judged both independently and in
combination according to where the activities are occurring and the
current air conditions.  The District is the best entity to make this
determination.

For these reasons, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger