Boone County leaves open-burning law as-is - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

By Jennifer Wheeler

— Boone County Board members have agreed to not take action on changing the area’s open-burning ordinance, despite 359 resident signatures arguing that the haze is posing a health concern…..

That means residents must continue to call the Sheriff’s Department whenever someone breaks the rules. An officer has the power to issue a citation and call the Fire Department to put out the flames.
“We need to have the exact location and we’ll look into it, investigate it and we issue an ordinance violation if it’s needed at this point,” Lt. Jerry Ashens of the Sheriff’s Department said.

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