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Get
Your Burning Permit Online.
You
can be fined up to $10,000.00 for illegal open burning in North
Carolina.
Things you may NOT burn:
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Garbage,
Paper and Cardboard
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Tires
and other rubber products
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Building
materials, including lumber and wood scraps
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Wire,
plastics and synthetic materials
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Asphalt
shingles and heavy oils
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Paints,
household and agricultural chemicals
Things
you may burn:
- Yard
trimmings (excluding logs and stumps)
- Campfires
- Outdoor
barbeques
- Bonfires
for festive occasions
Landowners
can also open burn vegetation to clear land or rights-of-way,
provided that:
- Prevailing
winds are away from built up areas and roads.
- Fires
are at least 1,000 feet away from occupied buildings.
- Burning
is done between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Other
occasions where open burning is allowed- with Division of Air
Quality approval- includes fires for: Training firefighting personnel,
managing forest lands or wildlife habitat; controlling agricultural
diseases and pests, and disposing of storm damaged materials generated
by hurricanes and tornadoes and other natural disasters.
You
need a permit from the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources
or local government before you can burn, even for allowable purposes.
However, such permits do not excuse a person from following the
state’s open burning rules.
Get
Your Burning Permit Online.
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