The extreme smoke and smell has led many municipalities to step up and apply common sense regulation before the problem gets worse.


Forest Lake, Minnesota
Locally, Forest Lake is just one city which has prohibited OWB’s from high density residential areas and implemented guidelines for where they are allowed. They have also banned their use during the Summer months, given the health and nuisance factors for neighbors. Official minutes from Forest Lake City Council meetings and their ordinance is available at their online web site. The ordinance number is 153.260.
http://www.ci.forest-lake.mn.us/

Eyota, Minnesota
Here is Eyota, MN's wood boiler ordinance, with some similarities to Forest Lake's. The ordinance number is ORD 117. http://eyota.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={6CE83C20-8B6D-4FED-AEB8-A5C075C0905B}&DE={10C22753-9699-40D5-8F77-DEFA88EB71A5}

Example Ordinance from the Environmental Agency
This is the EPA's model ordinance for OWB's. http://www.epa.gov/woodheaters/pdfs/mi_model_ordinance.pdf

Example Ordinance from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - New Prague, Minnesota
Here is the Minnesota Pollution Control Agencies example of an
Amending Ordinance for the City of New Prague, MN". This is the ordinance the MPCA recommends as a guideline. Click here to download the .doc file.

Battle Lake, Minnesota
http://www.ci.battle-lake.mn.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BD70447F8-39DE-4DE3-AE68-D0CACA784A3A%7D



Small town municipalities across the country are enacting ordinances because of the growing complaints.

Ross, Pennsylvania

http://www.rosstwp.com/Ordinances/RossOrdinance.pdf


Chestnuthill, Pennsylvania
http://www.chestnuthilltwp-pa.gov/ordinances/OUTDOOR_WOOD-FIRED_BURNERS_8-27-08_(3).pdf


Kirkwood, New York
http://beta.townofkirkwood.org/codebook/codebook-pdf/FURNACE%20-%20OUTDOOR%20WOOD%20(2451-2455).pdf


Vernon, Wisconsin
http://www.townofvernon.org/Uploads%20to%20Website/Ord%20Minutes/2005/032805.pdf

Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania
http://www.hollidaysburgpa.org/everettboro/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=502752#Chapter_7_Part_2

Penn, Pennsylvania
http://www.co.berks.pa.us/penn/lib/penn/solid_fuel_burning_ordinance-2008-02.pdf

Seymour, Connecticut
http://www.seymourct.org/pdf/Open%20Burning%20Ordinance%20proposal%202008.pdf

Middleton, Wisconsin
http://www.ci.middleton.wi.us/City/Departments/Clerk/ordinances/middch17.pdf