Outdoor burning rules in Paulding County, GA — also called the burn ban, open burning, or fire restriction ordinance — set when you can burn yard waste, debris, or run a recreational fire.
Paulding County is one of 54 Georgia counties under the EPD summer open-burning ban from May 1 to September 30. Outside that window, burning hand-piled natural yard debris needs a Georgia Forestry Commission permit.
Because Paulding sits in metro Atlanta's ozone nonattainment area, Georgia EPD's summer open-burning ban (Rule 391-3-1-.02(5)) prohibits most outdoor burning from May 1 through September 30, including leaf, yard-debris, and land-clearing burns. The rest of the year, burning hand-piled natural vegetation grown on the property requires a free Georgia Forestry Commission permit, obtained online or at 1-877-OK2-BURN before you light it. Burning household garbage, tires, treated lumber, plastics, or hauled-in debris is always illegal. Fires must be attended. During drought the Forestry Commission adds countywide burn bans on top of the summer rule.
Burning during the summer ban, without a permit, or of prohibited materials can bring EPD and fire-code penalties. An escaped fire adds liability for suppression costs and damage to neighboring property or the WMA.
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