Minn. Stat. § 88.171
Open burning prohibitions specified in this section are in effect at all times of the year.
No person shall conduct, cause, or permit open burning of rubber, plastics, chemically treated materials, or other materials which produce excessive or noxious smoke including, but not limited to, tires, railroad ties, chemically treated lumber, composite shingles, tar paper, insulation, composition board, sheetrock, wiring, paint, or paint filters. The commissioner may allow burning of prohibited materials when the commissioner of health or the community health board has made a determination that the burning is necessary to abate a public health nuisance. Except as specifically authorized by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency as an emergency response to an oil spill, no person shall conduct, cause, or permit open burning of oil.
No person shall conduct, cause, or permit open burning of hazardous waste as defined in section 116.06, subdivision 11, and applicable commissioner's rules.
No person shall conduct, cause, or permit open burning of burnable building material generated from demolition of commercial or institutional structures. A farm building is not a commercial structure.
No person shall conduct, cause, or permit salvage operations by open burning.
No person shall conduct, cause, or permit the processing of motor vehicles by open burning.
No person shall conduct, cause, or permit open burning during a burning ban put into effect by a local authority, county, or a state department or agency.
Fires must not be allowed to smolder with no flame present, except when conducted for the purpose of managing forests, prairies, or wildlife habitats.
Minn. Stat. § 88.171
1993 c 328 s 27; 1995 c 240 art 2 s 1; 1996 c 295 s 1, 2; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109