Pig Pickin’ Ban in North Carolina?
EPA dust regs could threaten much more than barbecues
RALEIGH (By Karen McMahan, Carolina Outdoor Journal) — Until recently, no one in North Carolina, home to so many tobacco companies, could have imagined a statewide smoking ban in public buildings.
And yet it’s possible that federal environmental regulators could target another signature Tar Heel State tradition: the pig pickin’.
Several cities in California, Colorado, and other states have banned outdoor grilling — particularly where wood or charcoal is involved — at parks and other public areas and at events including weekend festivals. And if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tightens its regulations covering coarse particulate matter in 2011, mobile smokers could be endangered.
RALEIGH (By Karen McMahan, Carolina Outdoor Journal) — Until recently, no one in North Carolina, home to so many tobacco companies, could have imagined a statewide smoking ban in public buildings.
And yet it’s possible that federal environmental regulators could target another signature Tar Heel State tradition: the pig pickin’.
Several cities in California, Colorado, and other states have banned outdoor grilling — particularly where wood or charcoal is involved — at parks and other public areas and at events including weekend festivals. And if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tightens its regulations covering coarse particulate matter in 2011, mobile smokers could be endangered.
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