A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to exclude the burning of certain Agricultural plastics from open burning permitting requirements.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 106‑950(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	This Article shall not apply and no air quality permit shall be required for any of the following:
(1)	Any fires started, or caused to be started, within 100 feet of an occupied dwelling house if such fire shall be confined (i) within an enclosure from which burning material may not escape or (ii) within a protected area upon which a watch is being maintained and which is provided with adequate fire protection equipment.
(2)	The burning of polyethylene agricultural plastic used in connection with agricultural operations related to the growing, harvesting, or maintenance of crops, when the plastic cannot be feasibly recycled, and the burning does not create a public nuisance or result in a significant and adverse impact on public health or the environment."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.