Open burning of certain vegetation and wood items; no permit

required Sec. 1. (a) Subject to section 3 of this chapter, a person may open burn the following for maintenance purposes: (1) Vegetation from: (A) a farm; (B) an orchard; (C) a nursery; (D) a tree farm; (E) a cemetery; or (F) a drainage ditch. (2) Vegetation from agricultural land if the open burn occurs in an unincorporated area. (3) Wood products derived from pruning or clearing a roadside by a county highway department. (4) Wood products derived from the initial clearing of a public utility right-of-way if the open burn occurs in an unincorporated area. (5) Undesirable: (A) wood structures on real property; or (B) wood remnants of the demolition of a predominantly wooden structure originally located on real property; located in an unincorporated area. (b) A person who is allowed to open burn under subsection (a) is not required to obtain: (1) a permit; or (2) any other authorization; from the department, a unit of local government, or a volunteer fire department before conducting the open burning. [Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-1-1.2-1.] As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.1-1999, SEC.35; P.L.238-2003, SEC.1.