• Open Burning Permit

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  • Fire Department Issuing Permit

     This permit is issued in accordance with Nebraska Statute 81-520.01. Other permits may be required

    from the Department of Environment and Energy – Phone (402) 471-3387 or Department of Health and Human Services – Phone (402) 471-0386.

  • Requirements and Instructions to Issue a Valid Electronic Burn Permit

  • 1. Electronic Burn Permit must be completely filled out by the submitter and must be submitted to the Fire Chief of the jurisdiction where the burn will take place via email 2. Approved Electronic Burn Permits must always be returned by the Fire Chief to the submitter via email 3. When approved, the email from the Fire Chief to the submitter must include the approved Electronic Burn Permit as an attachment, and must include the following statement: “Electronic Burn Permit has been approved

  • 4. The email with the above information from the Fire Chief must be kept with the Electronic Burn Permit and must be provided to law enforcement personnel upon request 5. If the above email and Electronic Burn Permit cannot be provided to the authority having jurisdiction, either electronically or on paper this will be considered conducting open burning without a permit. 6. Any additional permits or requirements of the fire department having jurisdiction must be included with the Electronic Burn Permit, either as an attachment or as detailed in the approval email from the Fire Chief.

    81-520.02. Open burning ban; range-management burning; violations; penalty. Any person violating the statewide open burning ban established by section 81-520.01 or violating sections 81-520.03 to 81-520.05 shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.

    Source: Laws 1980, LB 810, § 3; ; Laws 1989, LB 19, § 1; ; Laws 1994, LB 408, § 2.

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