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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

Hmmm,  my densely populated suburb mostly bans burning (for air pollution 
reasons) but recreational fires are fine with no permit required, and the 
town dump accepts brush and leaves for composting.  It also does a brisk 
business in compost. 

I'd also fall in the category of 'who would know if you ate the squirrels, 
instead of dumping them?'  I'd assume that law is on the books to prevent 
people trapping game _instead_ of hunting it.  Sort of an 
unsportsmanlikeway to harvest the deer.  But since you are killing the 
squirrels anyway, who can you be harming?  (well, yourself, if you don't 
cook them well enough, I suppose.)
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Ginda

...... Original Message .......
On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:15:17 EST Jwlehman@aol.com wrote:
>Hello Mark,
>
>Sure glad I don't live in Kansas. Sounds like kids just out of college 
with no common sense writing regulations. Those are local laws.
>
>I've had burn permits here, faxed application to air pollution control, 
they fax back permit, call fire dept. to inform them when I burn. Only 
starting restriction was can't use oil if it burns black and can't use 
tires. Also can't burn trees over 8 inches in dia. as they take too long to 
burn. Also can't burn on certain days, air quality monitoring days.
>
>Recreational fires require no permit. So, burn the brush pile and have hot 
dogs on standby. :-)
>
>Jerry 
>
>In a message dated 11/13/2008 11:04:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
hangermayer@isp.com writes:
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>Boy Jerry, don't get me started on Kansas law.  OK, one example.
> 
>We used to burn our tree trimmings.  Allow me to explain this process.  
The county we live in requires a burn permit, even to light a camp fire.  
Not that you could actually light a camp fire, because the burn permit 
forbids any fires after dusk, but I digress.  You have to go to the fire 
station to fill out a burn permit.  The form clearly states that you will 
not use any accelerant such as oil, gasoline, etc. even to start the fire.  
They will allow you to use paper, if you have a spark arrestor (whatever 
that is).  I don't know how they expect you to start fires, flint and 
steel?  Anyway, I had to use denatured alcohol (not on the forbidden list) 
at $10 per gallon to get the brush fires going.  Really efficient.  Of 
course most people just ignore the law and don't even get a burn permit.  
It's the law abiding that are punished.  I'm just waiting for them to 
outlaw compost piles, as being unsightly.  Then I'll have to start sending 
all the tree trimmings to the dump.  That will really help the environment.
> 
>One more example.  Our county forbids any fireworks on Independence day.  
I could understand maybe banning bottle rockets, but no that's not strict 
enough.  Not even crackers are allowed.  So how's it working?  Our 
neighborhood sounds like a war zone on the 4th.  People just ignore the 
law.  Some people start lighting stuff a week before.  Again it's the few 
people who observe the law that lose privileges.  Makes me think of the 
oxymoron, Makes me think of the oxymoron, "Hi, I'm from the government, and 
I'm here to help."
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