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Show Utah Air Conservation Committee Regulations Are Explained in Detail ited by other law or by other officials having jurisdiction and provided that a nuisance is not created. (1) Outdoor cooking devices. (2) Camp fires and fires used solely for recreational purposes while under control of a responsible respon-sible person. (Except in cities where permit is required.) (3) Indoor fireplaces. (4) Properly operated industrial indus-trial flares for burning flam-able flam-able gases. (5) Orchard heating (until July 1, 1970) as long as materials mater-ials causing severe air pollution pollu-tion are not used. (6) Burning on the home premises pre-mises combustible household wastes generated by occupants of dwelling with four family units or less, in areas where no public or licensed disposal service is available. Permissive Burring With Permit. When not prohibited by other laws or other officials having jurisdiction and when a nuisance is not created, the type of open burning listed below be-low are permissible under the terms of INDIVIDAL PERMITS PER-MITS ISSUED BY AUTHORIZED AUTHOR-IZED LOCAL AUTHORITY under" a "clearing index" system, sys-tem, j The Utah Air Conservation Committee and the Utah State Division of Health adopted a Code of Open Burning Regulations, Regula-tions, which became effective March 5, 1969. Enforcement of the Code is- to be implemented on a local basis, and as a result re-sult some delay has been necessary nec-essary due to the mechanics of setting up the program. The Open Burning Regulations Regula-tions is the first of a series which will eventually constitute a complete code of air pollution pollu-tion control regulations and standards. The purpose of the regulation is to eliminate unnecessary un-necessary burning, such as back yard trash, leaves, garbage gar-bage dumps, and other materials mater-ials which add pollution to the atmosphere. In order to make it convenient conven-ient for residents of Utah County, Coun-ty, who must do some type of burning, to secure a burning permit, the County has been divided di-vided into sixteen areas, corresponding cor-responding basically to the area covered by the different cities and towns for fire protection pro-tection under the cooperative City-County Program. Persons living in the various areas in the county, may call the phone number given for that district, (see map) and receive permis-" sion to burn, providing the clearing index is satisfactory. In the unincorporated portion of the county, large fires such as burning of stubble, old buildings, or large piles of brush or trees must first be approved by the County Fire Warden. (1) Agricultural burning including in-cluding on-premise orchard prounings, field stubble and weeds, and open burning to clear irrigation ditches. (2) Open burning of tree cuttings cut-tings and slash in forest areas. (3) Open burning of ties, trees and brush within railroad and public road rights-of-way. (4) Open burning of solid or liquid fuels or structures for removal of hazards or eyesores ses when conducted under the control and supervision of organized or-ganized fire departments. (5) Open burning in remote areas, of highly explosive or . other dangerous materials. (6) Open burning for special purposes, when approved by hte Division following formal requests therefor. (7) Until January 1, 1970, open burning of junk automobile automo-bile bodies, exclusive of tires, other rubber and plastic covered cover-ed parts and readily removable upholstery, provided that tires, heavy oil or other materials which can cause severe air pollution are not used to start or maintain the fires. Some cities have burning regulations which are more restrictive than those adpoted by the Air Conservation Committee. Com-mittee. Also, some cities have established hours in which burning will be permitted. Each resident should be familiar famil-iar with the local regulations. Information may also be obtained ob-tained from the City-County Health Department in Provo. During seasons of extreme fire danger, the State Fire Warden and Forest Service may prohibit all fires in certain cer-tain areas of the state. Violation of the Regulations constitute a misdeamor. CODE OF OPEN BURNING REGULATIONS Definitions Agricultural Burning means open burning, in rural areas, essential to agricultural operations, opera-tions, including the growing of crops, the raising of fowl, animals, ani-mals, or bees, when conducted on the premises where produced. produ-ced. Open burning means any burning of combustible materials mater-ials where the products of com-busion com-busion are emitted into open air without passing through a chimney or stack. Community Waste Disposal. No open burning shall be done at sites used for disposal of county trash, garbage and other waste except when auth-' orized for a specific period of time by the Air Conversation Committee. General Prohibitions. No person per-son shall burn any trash, garbage gar-bage or other wastes, (including (includ-ing scrap lumber or waste from building construction), no shall conduct any salvage operation, in any open fire except in conformity con-formity with the provisions of Sectinn IV and V below. Permissible Burning Without With-out Permit. When not prohib- |