View Rule
View EO 12866 Meetings | Printer-Friendly Version Download RIN Data in XML |
EPA/AR | RIN: 2060-AP93 | Publication ID: Spring 2013 |
Title: Standards of Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters, New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces, and New Residential Masonry 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, broadens the range of residential wood-heating appliances covered by the regulation, and improves and streamlines 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 streamline the process for testing new model lines by allowing the use of International Standards Organization (ISO)-accredited laboratories and certifying bodies, which will expand the number of facilities that can be used for testing and certification of the new model lines. This action is expected to include the following new residential wood-heating appliances: adjustable burn rate wood heaters, pellet stoves, single burn rate wood heaters, outdoor hydronic heaters (outdoor wood boilers), indoor hydronic heaters (indoor wood boilers), wood-fired forced air furnaces, and masonry heaters. 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:
|
|||||||||
Timetable:
|
Additional Information: Docket #: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 |