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WHY, EXACTLY SHOULD WOOD-BURNING STOVES IN ALASKA BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME AIR POLLUTION STANDARDS AS FIREPLACES IN URBAN AREAS?

2/23/2015

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It doesn’t make much sense to me, but an item at forbes.com says that the EPA has issued regulations imposing a nationwide ban on wood-burning stoves that produce more than 12 micrograms of particulate emission per cubic meter of air.  That might make sense in Maricopa County, for example, but does it make sense in rural Maine or Alaska, where there are probably a significant number of households that depend on wood-burning stoves for heat?

Via Instapundit.

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Tom
2/27/2015 07:01:26 am

<i>"the change will impose a maximum 12 microgram limit..."</i>

The author has his "facts" all wrong! The 12 ug/m3 figure has to do with average ambient particulate mass concentration over an entire city.
It is NOT the standard for new woodstoves. The standard reads 4 1/2 GRAMS per HOUR of particulate mass is allowed (not MICRO-grams)
http://www2.epa.gov/residential-wood-heaters

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Nathan link
3/1/2015 11:20:48 pm

Tom, you may be right about the specific standard. I am not going to dig through a 326 page PDF document to verify your claim. My point still stands: why should families heating their homes in rural Alaska be subject to the same air pollution standard as people burning wood for primarily aesthetic purposes in urban Arizona?

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