The following are prohibited:
- (a) Carelessly or negligently throwing or placing any ignited substance or other substance that may cause a fire.
- (b) Firing any tracer bullet or incendiary ammunition.
- (c) Causing timber, trees, slash, brush or grass to burn except as authorized by permit.
- (d) Leaving a fire without completely extinguishing it.
- (e) Causing and failing to maintain control of a fire that is not a prescribed fire that damages the National Forest System.
- (f) Building, attending, maintaining, or using a campfire without removing all flammable material from around the campfire adequate to prevent its escape.
- (g) Negligently failing to maintain control of a prescribed fire on Non-National Forest System lands that damages the National Forest System.
- (h) Possessing or using an exploding target or any kind of firework or other pyrotechnic device.
- (i) Violating any State law concerning burning or fires or any State law that is for the purpose of preventing or restricting the spread of fire.
- (j) Operating or using any internal or external combustion engine without a spark arresting device that is properly installed, maintained, and in effective working order in accordance with USDA Forest Service Standard 5100-1.
[42 FR 2957, Jan. 14, 1977, as amended at 46 FR 33520, June 30, 1981; 73 FR 30307, May 27, 2008; 89 FR 92815, Nov. 25, 2024]