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RIN: 2060-AP93

Publication ID: Fall 2011

Title: Revision of New Source Performance Standards for New Residential Wood Heaters
Abstract: EPA is revising the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for new residential wood heaters. This action is necessary because it updates the 1988 NSPS to reflect significant advancements in wood heater technologies and design, broaden the range of residential wood heating appliances covered by the regulation, and improve and streamline implementation procedures. This rule is expected to require manufacturers to redesign wood heaters to be cleaner and lower emitting. In general, the design changes would also make the heaters perform better and be more efficient. The revisions are also expected to retain the requirement for manufacturers to contract for testing of model lines by third-party independent laboratories, report the results to EPA, and label the models accordingly. New residential hydronic heaters and forced-air furnaces and new residential masonry heaters would also be regulated by this action. These standards would apply only to new residential wood heaters and not to existing residential wood heating appliances.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Economically Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60
Legal Authority: CAA sec 111(b)(1)(B)

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory		02/26/1996

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	07/00/2012
Final Action	07/00/2013

Additional Information: EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0734
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Sectors Affected: 238140 Masonry Contractors; 333414 Heating Equipment (except Warm Air Furnaces) Manufacturing; 333415 Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: Gil Wood Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation C404-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-5272 Fax:919 541-0242 Email: wood.gil@epa.gov David Cole Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation MD-15, C404-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-5565 Fax:919 541-0242 Email: cole.david@epa.gov