25 CFR § 247.17 - What are the restrictions on fires?

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title: "25 CFR § 247.17 - What are the restrictions on fires?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "247.17"
section_name: "What are the restrictions on fires?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "FISH AND WILDLIFE"
part_number: "247"
part_name: "USE OF COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY FISHING ACCESS SITES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "25 U.S.C. 2 and 9; Pub. L. 100-581, Title IV."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 50868, Sept. 29, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
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# 247.17 What are the restrictions on fires?

(a) You cannot burn timber, trees, slash, brush or grass unless you have a permit issued by the Area Director or his designee.

(b) You cannot build a fire in an unsafe location or leave a fire without completely extinguishing it.

(c) You must control all fire and not allow it to escape.