Georgia Summer Open Burning Ban begins May 1

Georgia Summer Open Burning Ban begins May 1

GEORGIA (WJBF) - The Environmental Protection Division of Georgia's Summer Open Burn Ban begins May 1 and lasts through Sept. 30. The Open Burning Ban, which includes 54 counties in the state, prohibits citizens and businesses from burning yard and land-clearing debris. Columbia County and Richmond County are part of the ban. According to the division, failure to adhere to the burn ban during this time frame could result in fines.

Burn ban in effect for Cobb and 53 other Georgia counties

By Mark Woolsey The annual air-pollution-fighting outdoor burn ban has gone into effect in Cobb and 53 other Georgia counties. To see if your county is included in the ban, follow this link to the Environmental Protection Division website. From May 1 to Sept. 30, residents and businesses are not allowed to burn leaves, tree limbs and yard debris and have to use air curtain destructors for land clearing instead of burning those materials. The cou…