Md. Code Regs. 26.11.07.04 - Public Officers May Authorize Certain Fires
Public officers, in the performance of their official duties, may set an open fire or give permission for an open fire, with concurrence of the control officer, if:
A. All reasonable means are employed to
minimize smoke; and
B. The fire is
necessary for one or more of the following reasons or purposes:
(1) For the prevention of a fire hazard that
cannot be abated by other means;
(2) For the instruction of public fire
fighters or industrial employees under supervision of the appropriate fire
control official;
(3) For the
protection of public health or safety when other means for disposing of
hazardous waste materials are not available including the burning of hazardous
waste authorized under federal law or COMAR
26.13.02.07 a;
(4) For burning pest-infested crops or
products and agricultural burning that is necessary for animal disease
control;
(5) For good forest
resource management practices as approved by the Department of Natural
Resources-Forest Service;
(6) For
burning excessive lodging for the purpose of recropping as approved by the
Department of Agriculture or local extension offices;
(7) For the purpose of testing fire fighter
training systems fueled by natural gas or propane provided that the:
(a) Source maintains records of the total
amount of fuel used and the date of the open fire;
(b) Total combined fuel usage for all systems
at the premises does not exceed 5,000 gallons of propane and natural gas
combined per week; and
(c) Open
fire does not constitute a major source of VOC or
NOx.
Notes
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