Outdoor Wood Boiler Information

The Board of Environmental Protection held a public hearing on August 16, 2007 and heard testimony on the proposed Chapter 150 Control of Emissions from Outdoor Wood Boilers. The Board accepted written comments until August 31, 2007. Chapter 150 establishes requirements for the sale and installation of new outdoor wood boilers, including particulate emission standards and requirements for setback and stack height, analysis for commercial outdoor wood boilers and outdoor wood boilers greater than 350,000 BTU/hr, certification, sell-through of existing inventory, and labeling. The rule also contains general provisions which apply to all OWB. These provisions include prohibited and allowed fuels, visible emissions standards, notice to buyers, and owner manual requirements. In addition, pursuant to the new legislation, for the purpose of this rule the Department included a definition of "nuisance" and a method by which a nuisance condition can be identified.

• Chapter 150, Control of Emissions from Outdoor Wood Boilers
• Smoke Gets in Your Lungs: Outdoor Wood Boilers in New York State
• NESCAUM's Assessment of Outdoor Wood Fired Boilers
• Summary of Maine Town Ordinances
• ME DEP OWB Modeling Results
• Position Paper on Outdoor Wood Boilers, Maine Air Toxics Advisory Committee, Revised 12/12/2006
• An Assessment of Risk from Particulate released from Outdoor Wood Boilers; Brown, et al
  • Comments
  • Response to Comments
• EPA Fact Sheets (Basic Information) EPA FAQ's
• EPA - Health and Environment
• EPA Outdoor Wood Boiler Voluntary Program
• EPA Outdoor Wood Boiler Voluntary Program Fact Sheet
• EPA Understanding the Orange Tag

 

 

 

 

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