GAINESVILLE - The annual May-September outdoor burn ban begins Sunday in Hall and 45 other Georgia counties.<br>
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Hall County Fire Marshal Scott Cagle says recreational campfires and backyard grilling are still exempt. Hall is one of 13 north georgia counties and 32 statewide mandated to have a summer burn ban.<br>
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"We're in that Atlanta area that is deemed to have high ozone emmissions during the summer that is harmful so this is going to be a yearly thing from now on," Cagle said Thursday. <br>
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The ban covers the 13 counties that comprise the Atlanta Ozone Non-Attainment Area and 32 counties that surround the Ozone Non-Attainment Area.<br>
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The counties subject to the ban include: Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon, Gwinnett, Hall, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lumpkin, Madison, Meriwether, Monroe, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Putnam, Rockdale, Spalding, Troup, Upson and Walton.<br>
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For more information Call EPD District Office in Athens at (706) 369-6376 or Hall County Fire Services at (770) 531-6838.<br>
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