(A) Open burn permits may be issued to public utilities and governmental agencies only for the following purposes:
(1) Elimination of fire of health hazard that cannot be abated by other practical means.
(2) Ground thawing for utility repair and construction.
(3) Disposal of vegetative matter for managing forest, prairie, or wildlife habitat, and in the development and maintenance of land and rights-of-way where chipping, composting, landspreading, or other alternative methods are not practical.
(4) Disposal of diseased trees generated on site, diseased or infected nursery stock, diseased bee hives.
(5) Disposal of unpainted, untreated, non-glued lumber and wood shakes generated from construction, where recycling, reuse, removal, or other alternative disposal methods are not practical.
(B) Open burning conducted as an integral part of an activity conducted by a civic organization such as the Historical Society, Chamber of Commerce, church groups and similar organizations.