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Centennial Fire District <br />7741 Lake Drive <br />Lino Lakes, MN 55014 <br />(651) 784 -7472 - Office <br />(651) 784 -2427 - Fax <br />MEMO <br />DATE: February 21, 2001 <br />TO: Jeff Smyser <br />FROM: Milo Bennett <br />SUBJECT: Prairie Grass Controlled Burning <br />In my opinion, the use of prairie grass definitely creates a problem. <br />We would like to reduce open burning, not increase it. <br />In the spring and fall, the DNR will ask us not to issue open burning <br />permits during the dry conditions. This always seems to be the time that <br />they want to burn this prairie grass. It has been our policy to be uniform <br />with the burning permits. This means that if we can't give a resident a <br />permit, we will not give a company a permit either. This has created some <br />controversy in the past but we will be sticking to that policy. <br />The reason for a burning permit is to dispose of material for which <br />there are no other practical methods of disposal. Leaves and grass clippings <br />cannot be burned because they can be composted. We allow the burning of <br />tree branches and such because there is no practical disposal site for this <br />material. <br />The intentional planting of prairie grass, which has to be burned on <br />some regular basis, is wrong in my opinion. Just think of the problems we <br />would have if we allowed residents to burn their lawns. This was a common <br />practice many years ago but as population grew, it had to be stopped for both <br />safety and pollution reasons. <br />