No garbage, or rubbish containing garbage or other putrescible materials, or hazardous wastes shall be burned except in approved incinerators meeting the necessary temperature requirements and air pollution controls as now established or may later be established. The open burning of rubbish shall be permitted only under controlled circumstances where sanitary landfill and landfill is not feasible, and not in proximity to sanitary landfill or landfill operations where spread of fire to these operations may be a hazard in the opinion of the controlling agency.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 17 - Local Government; Provisions Common to Counties and Municipalities
Chapter 17 - Solid Wastes Disposal
§ 17-17-9. Burning of garbage, etc.
§ 17-17-11. Hauling of solid waste
§ 17-17-17. Unauthorized dumps as public nuisance per se
§ 17-17-29. Penalties; injunction; recovery of cost of remedial action; disposition of fines
§ 17-17-31. Provisions supplemental
§ 17-17-37. Property rights in solid wastes
§ 17-17-43. Procedures applicable to hearings before commission and permit board
§ 17-17-45. Appeal to chancery court
§ 17-17-48. Legislative intent as to regulation of radioactive waste disposal facilities
§ 17-17-51. Facilities licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
§ 17-17-55. Hazardous Waste Facility Site Revolving Fund; purpose of fund; rules and regulations