Outdoor burning rules in Macomb County, MI — also called the burn ban, open burning, or fire restriction ordinance — set when you can burn yard waste, debris, or run a recreational fire.
Open burning in Macomb County is governed by Michigan EGLE air-quality rules and by each township or city — not by the county. The DNR does not issue burn permits in the southern Lower Peninsula, so residents must check with their local fire department. Burning household trash, plastics, and rubber
Michigan EGLE prohibits open burning of household trash, plastics, rubber, and other materials that produce foul odors or hazardous smoke; only untreated wood and, in some areas, yard debris may be burned. Because Macomb County is in the southern Lower Peninsula, the Michigan DNR burn-permit system does not cover it — the DNR directs residents here to their local fire department or governing body. Local ordinances then set the terms. Macomb Township's ordinance, for instance, bars open burning in platted subdivisions, site condominiums, attached condominiums, apartments, and mobile-home parks, and prohibits burning construction and demolition waste, garbage, animal carcasses, refuse, trash, tires, leaves, grass, and similar odor-producing material; a permit from the fire chief is required for any allowed open
Illegal open burning is enforced by the local fire department and, for prohibited materials, by EGLE. Penalties include municipal civil-infraction citations, orders to extinguish, and nuisance abatement. Burning trash or plastics can trigger EGLE air-quality violations plus local fines.
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