{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003273",
 "municipality": "Channel-Port aux Basques",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Newfoundland and Labrador",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.portauxbasques.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Outdoor and Open-Air Fire Bylaw (TOCPAB-006-BL)",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-01-20",
   "document_url": "https://www.portauxbasques.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Outdoor-Open-Air-Fire-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Bylaw No. TOCPAB-006-BL, approved and implemented January 20, 2026. Administers open outdoor fires, incinerators, and outdoor fireplaces, complementing Fire Prevention Act and Forest Fire Regulations.",
   "capture_sha256": "511501b171c41dad67ead0e31c629d4a0d0436509a1d4f94c25388d1e0fa8fd6",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-06T14:18:25+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/511501b171c41dad67ead0e31c629d4a0d0436509a1d4f94c25388d1e0fa8fd6.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief of the Channel-Port aux Basques Volunteer Fire Department (or designate); minister's written approval required to burn Schedule E materials",
    "allowed_conditions": "Fires in a covered barrel or contained outdoor fireplace on private property, continuously attended with water/extinguisher; no open-air fire exceeding two square metres; not when fire weather index is high or extreme",
    "fine_range": "first offence, fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000; subsequent offence $1,000 to $2,000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_issuer": "s. 1.3 / s. 3.1",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 4.1 / s. 3.1(c) / s. 3.2",
    "fine_range": "s. 5.1.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nl/channel-port-aux-basques/open-burning/text-511501b171c4/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nl/channel-port-aux-basques/open-burning/"
}