OPEN BURNING IS NOT PERMITTED IN FLOYD COUNTY, INDIANA FOR ANY REASON.  You may submit an application seeking approval from IDEM to engage in open burning.  Application packets for open burning variances are available from the IDEM Office of Air Quality.  A PDF explaining the reasons behind this residential burning ban is available from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM).   

 

Open burning is defined (under 326 IAC 4-1-0.5(6)) as "the burning of any materials wherein air contaminants resulting from combustion are emitted directly into the air, without passing through a stack of chimney from an enclosed chamber."  Generally, open burning is prohibited in Indiana.

 

However, there are exceptions described in the rules on Open Burning in 326 IAC 4.

 

It also is noteworthy that 326 IAC 4-1-5 states that, "Any person who allows the accumulation or existence of combustible material which constitutes or contributes to a fire causing air pollution may not refute liability for violation of this rule on the basis that said fire was set by vandals, accidental, or an act of God."

 

 

 

 

Conditions/Situations Under Which Open Burning is Allowed

 

 

 

 

 

 

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