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<br /> October 21, 2001
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<br /> Board member cites air collect leaves a couple of times a > . , r-
<br /> pollution concerns •fzre y � Brown said. ` 41 ,
<br /> "There are alternatives to , � f
<br /> chief calls it "'a
<br /> a nuisance burning," she said. "I think it's an
<br /> educational process for people to z •, { .
<br /> see there are alternatives to that." ,:
<br /> By ROB SHAPARD Brown also conceded that she , F' ``
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<br /> and her husband used to bum � � ;_ . ��r • ,
<br /> leaves at their home on Smith ;''
<br /> HILLSBOROUGH — No matter Level Road. They now pile the
<br /> how beautiful tree leaves get this leaves up and let them decompose. _ •` '
<br /> time of year, at some point, they've "[The smoke] was something we _
<br /> got to fall. didn't want to inflict on our 1 • . r 4
<br /> And when they do, piling up and neighbors. And I didn't want our
<br /> burning the leaves remains a - '
<br /> neighbors to inflict it on us." „
<br /> favorite disposal method among �
<br /> some residents throughout the Leaf burningalso affects fire :* „�•�''�'
<br /> county. The smell of fall is crisp, departments in the county, Orange -� �_; . ,�., * A, r°
<br /> Rural Fire Chief Jeff Cabe said. 4 _
<br /> earthy air, but it's also the T
<br /> ' "It does become a nuisance to us, yt:w '; "" " ; �r yet : j
<br /> distinctive smoke of a leaf fire. � r a .•w
<br /> Orange County Commissioners because we get a lot of calls r
<br /> may try to address the practice as
<br /> reporting smoke in the area, and s ;�► :,� ; ' E :� -
<br /> we don't know goinginto it ' "
<br /> Part of a solid-waste ordinance now whether it's a hus fire or
<br /> under consideration. x.
<br /> The ordinance which is something going on," Cabe said.
<br /> scheduled for a public hearing next "From time to time, they turn ' y ? 4,
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<br /> es res because the win
<br /> month, deals in part with construe- into woo . •:i ` �. „ +� � � _ ��
<br /> tjon and demolition materials such picks up, and you have people who r x ,
<br /> are inexperienced, " heAsaid: "Arid ' • s ' 1
<br /> as metal and wood waste. It would '� � x � _ - -
<br /> then a lot of times you have + " - 4
<br /> ban such materials from the
<br /> neighbors who can't et along " x y
<br /> county slandfill for construction g g g - �`- ' � j
<br /> and demolition debris on Eubanks because of the leaf burning." TT
<br /> County resident Robert Cearnal
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<br /> as already
<br /> has burned leaves twice
<br /> The ordinance also would ban
<br /> open burning of debris from land this year from the dozen or so
<br /> clearing for subdivisions, such as maple trees that shade his home on HERALD SUN PHorosiwnLr uNKs
<br /> tree stumps and branches. N.C. 86, just north of Hillsborough. Maple leaves blanket the ground Saturday (above) at Robert Cearnal 's
<br /> But the ordinance in its current Cearnal, 83, said he used to rake property north of Hillsborough . Cearnal , 83 (below) , displays the Open
<br /> form doesn't cover leaf burning. and haul his leaves to the roadside Burning Permit that lets him burn leaves. But Orange County
<br /> At an Oct. 1 meeting, Orange please see BURNING/PAGE 16 Commissioners might ban leaf burning as a part of a new ordinance .
<br /> Commissioner Margaret Brown
<br /> said the commissioners should
<br /> consider adding leaf burning.
<br /> She called the practice "old-
<br /> fashioned" and she said people "
<br /> need to learn to mulch leaves
<br /> rather than add to air pollution. �' �n
<br /> Brown said a system for fi � '� '
<br /> complaints about leaf burning . ,
<br /> could be set up.
<br /> Commissioners Chairman Steve ,. '
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<br /> Halkiotis agreed that leaf burning
<br /> presented problems, especially in '
<br /> areas changing from rural to �f ,V: . « ,
<br /> urban, and the commissioners r tik+ •-a BURNING I don t have any
<br /> asked staff to come back with ideas FROM PAGE 1 other way to get rid of
<br /> on how to address it in the solid-
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<br /> waste ordinance. them but to burn
<br /> County Manager John Link Jr. 1, tiPP itbefore burning them, but his them. "
<br /> joked during the meeting that the em.Z System now is largely motorized.
<br /> smoke along St. Mary's Road gets ` "l - � '. ° He blows the leaves do
<br /> wn the so bad on some fall days that he . �_ ° '` ` 3` + with a blower attached to his hill Robert Cearnal
<br /> can barely see the road as he 1 i t \ I't
<br /> drives out of town after work, r ; lawnmower and then rakes them to Orange County resident
<br /> Commissioner Barry Jacobs r . �• . �, �, 4. , the back of his house with another
<br /> agreed the issue needed attention, it 't. , T + _ attachment.
<br /> but he said the county should not Cearnal, who wore jeans, along- leaves on Friday, he'll likely have to
<br /> become the "leaf police. " j U �1 .• sleeved shirt and a ballcap from burn again, considering the fresh
<br /> Brown said Saturdaythat she li V.
<br /> Ramsey s Body Shop in northern
<br /> t � carpet of brilliant-yellow maple
<br /> wasn't advocating a ban as much as p i. t:` 3 Orange County, was putting his leaves on his side yard,
<br /> new options for dealing with ll q
<br /> lawnmower back in a shed "I don't have any other way to
<br /> leaves. Steps could include offering ± �, ; 5 r h ' ` Saturday afternoon. In his truck, he get rid of them but to burn them, "
<br /> more information on mulching and �� � had an open-burning permit from he said. "I'm 83 years old. I can 't do
<br /> even having the count i t , �'� `perhaps g y z e xz the state Division of Forest much carrying. If they stop me
<br /> set Ill IN Resources that he got at a garden from burning, I'd have to hire
<br /> store just up the highway, w someone to carry them off, and I'd
<br /> Although he had burned a pile of be in trouble."
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