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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Burn restrictions
	Date:	12/12/2009 9:04:21 AM

As for these, most of the northeast and most urban areas are called non-attainment, which means they do not meet Clean Air Act minimum air quality standards. USEPA designates zones of attainment and non-attainment based on ambient air quality samples and other measurements. That triggers all sorts of additional requirements that do not apply to attainment areas. That's why allowing things like outdoor burning and even adding additional lanes to the highway system may threaten certain federal funding so they are banned. The nuisance factor also applies. If you burn in a highly populated area it can be a nuisance while in a rural area it is not as much, or at least there aren't as many people that are impacted.