EPA letter

Buckley Rumford Fireplaces
EPA Letter
Regarding Franktown and Douglas County, CO
10/19/19

From: Sanchez, Rafael
To: Muledeer
Sent: Thu, Oct 17, 2019 3:25 pm
Subject: RE: Wood burning fire place
Mr. Bodjanac,
Thank you for your email. The Standards of Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters, New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces excludes fireplaces from regulation. See below:
(b) Each affected wood heater must comply with the provisions of this subpart unless exempted under paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(6) of this section. These exemptions are determined by rule applicability and do not require EPA notification or public notice.
(1) Affected wood heaters manufactured in the United States for export are exempt from the applicable emission limits of § 60.532 and the requirements of § 60.533.
(2) Affected wood heaters used for research and development purposes that are never offered for sale or sold and that are not used for the purpose of providing heat are exempt from the applicable emission limits of § 60.532 and the requirements of § 60.533. No more than 50 wood heaters manufactured per model line can be exempted for this purpose.
(3) Appliances that do not burn wood or wood pellets (such as coal-only heaters that meet the definition in § 60.531 or corn-only pellet stoves) are exempt from the applicable emission limits of § 60.532 and the requirements of § 60.533 provided that all advertising and warranties exclude wood burning.
(4) Cook stoves as defined in § 60.531 are exempt from the applicable emission limits of § 60.532 and the requirements of § 60.533.
(5) Camp stoves as defined in § 60.531 are exempt from the applicable emission limits of § 60.532 and the requirements of § 60.533.
(6) Modification or reconstruction, as defined in § 60.14 and § 60.15 of subpart A of this part does not, by itself, make a wood heater an affected facility under this subpart.
(c) The following are not affected wood heaters and are not subject to this subpart:
(1) Residential hydronic heaters and residential forced-air furnaces subject to subpart QQQQ of this part.
(2) Residential masonry heaters that meet the definition in § 60.531.
(3) Appliances that are not residential heating devices (for example, manufactured or site-built masonry fireplaces).
(4) Traditional Native American bake ovens that meet the definition in § 60.531.
Hope this helps.
Rafael Sanchez, Ph.D.
Wood Heater Program Lead Air Branch Monitoring, Assistance, and Media Programs Division Office of Compliance
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Room 7149-D
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
MS:2227A
Washington, DC 20460
202-564-7028
202-564-0050 fax
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You can reach me at 571-732-2018
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From: Muledeer
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:57 PM
To: Sanchez, Rafael
Subject: Wood burning fire place
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Mr. Sanchez;
I am building a home, and would like to install a wood burning fire place. The Regional Building Department, has tried to accommodate, and we are trying to use a Rumford Fire place in our Kitchen. I have contacted Rumford, and they have had a test on their 48 inch fire place, that had passed the U.S. EPA Standard Test in 2005 of December.
How would I know if this is still compliant, or better yet, is there is list where we can see all the fire places that are EPA compliant up to date? If there is a link, please let me know so we can review some possibilities.. Thank you for your time.
Regards.
Phillip