The EPA can’t make laws, rules or regulations but they continue to do so like many of these 3 letter institutions. Only congress can make laws and these supposed institutions are only allowed to enforce them.
Here in NYS, we have an arbitrary “burn ban” every year imposed by the DEC (offshoot of the EPA) when it would be most convenient to burn leaves, twigs, etc during lawn clean up in the spring. From Mid March to Mid May. They claim it is to stop wild fires!
1. It’s SATURATED here in upstate NY—rain for the past two weeks.
2. Getting rid of old leaves, branches etc in a controlled burn PREVENTS wild fires.