What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Illinois
I have a neighbor who constantly burns all kinds old junk and the smoke blows over into my house for days. I have Emphysema and COPD and the smoke cause me great distress. About three years ago he was burning plastic tarps roofing etc and the air was putrid for days. I called the health board and they told him to stop burning the things he was burning. It stopped for a while and he's been up to it again. for the last week he's been burning and a month ago county deputy found him burning furniture that was blowing on my property. Nothing done. Today after my grandson was here we both had our lungs throat and eyes burning for over 24 hours of his burning.He has been burning off and on for over a week. I called the county sheriff who sent out a deputy. The deputy upon getting here jumped down my throat as if I was in the wrong, went over to the burner and reported nothing illegal back to the county. The deputy said there wasn't anything he could do only zoning. I thought illegal burning was against the law and he could make them put it out but they said I have to contend with this until I can find some way to resolve it. Last year I called the same county about telephone poles and treated lumber being burnt in my neighborhood and they sent out the fire dept to put it out.
Since this guy is a contractor who brings his scrap home and burns it to keep from paying a garbage man dumpster he's burning all the time. There's so much burning that even inside you can't escape it because it permeates after so much smoke over a week.
I have a neighbor who constantly burns all kinds old junk and the smoke blows over into my house for days. I have Emphysema and COPD and the smoke cause me great distress. About three years ago he was burning plastic tarps roofing etc and the air was putrid for days. I called the health board and they told him to stop burning the things he was burning. It stopped for a while and he's been up to it again. for the last week he's been burning and a month ago county deputy found him burning furniture that was blowing on my property. Nothing done. Today after my grandson was here we both had our lungs throat and eyes burning for over 24 hours of his burning.He has been burning off and on for over a week. I called the county sheriff who sent out a deputy. The deputy upon getting here jumped down my throat as if I was in the wrong, went over to the burner and reported nothing illegal back to the county. The deputy said there wasn't anything he could do only zoning. I thought illegal burning was against the law and he could make them put it out but they said I have to contend with this until I can find some way to resolve it. Last year I called the same county about telephone poles and treated lumber being burnt in my neighborhood and they sent out the fire dept to put it out.
Since this guy is a contractor who brings his scrap home and burns it to keep from paying a garbage man dumpster he's burning all the time. There's so much burning that even inside you can't escape it because it permeates after so much smoke over a week.