Air Pollution Control Program Our mission is to maintain the
purity of Missouri's air to protect the health, general welfare
and property of the people. The Air Pollution Control Program
has more than six million customers. Whether an urban citizen or
someone far removed from other people, everyone who lives in
Missouri needs and deserves clean air. The Missouri Department
of Natural Resources' Air Pollution Control Program is forming a
workgroup to examine Missouri's open burning regulations. The
department is taking this action in response to petitions and
comments about the open burning regulations. The department is
interested in improving the state's open burning regulations
while still protecting the state's air quality by reducing
inconsistencies between the different regional and local
regulations, adding flexibility to the regulations where
appropriate, and clarifying the intent of the regulations. The
Open Burning Workgroup concluded its efforts on Feb. 7, 2006.
After reviewing the state's four exis