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12 states with wood burning laws: CA, CO, CT, MA, ME, MI, NH, NJ, NY, VT, WA, WI


Monitoring of an OWB in Boston, MA 2006

NESCAUM on OWBs 2006

NY pamphlet on OWBs 2005

CT, MA, MD, MI, NJ, NY, VT ask for federal regulations of OWBs	The attorneys general of Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Vermont petitioned the EPA in August 2005 to set limits on emissions from outdoor wood boilers. Vermont (in 2005) proposed its own limits. 2009 EPA responds?

NESCAUM web site	Northeast States for Coordinatied Air Use Managementr formed in in 1967: in 2005 attorney generals of 7 states to petition for nationwide law on OWBs

EPA map of OWB (hydronic heaters) regulations by state	Environmental Protection Agency

Washington ban!	Washington State ban on OWBs

WA website	State of Washington website

CT statewide wood smoke nuisance law passed	March 2009 passage. Allows health departments to deal with wood smoke nuisance.

Connecticut regulation

Connecticut letter 5-8-2008	Discusses Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine laws on OWBs and Connecticut OWB law

IN Indiana	Indiana has some municipality bans, cleanairlaporte is a citizen website which is informative

Maine

Massachusetts

MD Maryland on OWB pollution

Massachusetts 5-8-2008 amendment	Background information about OWBs for use in proposed statewide Massachusetts law

Michigan	http://www.westmichiganrising.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=310

New Hampshire

NJ smoke from OWB prohibited, local ordinances passed

New York

Vermont regulation

CA Bay Area guide	Don't burn wood, switch to natural gas

CA cities with no wood burning in fireplaces & stoves between Nov.1 2008 and Feb. 2009 on Spare the Air Days and Nights:	Berkeley, Fremont, Gilroy, Los Gatos, Martinez, Mill Valley, Oakland, Rohnert Park, San Pablo, Union City, and Sacramento

CA Los Angeles	Ban on burning on bad air days (approximately 24 days a year) and ban on building of fireplaces in new homes

CO ban on wood-burning on bad air days. Denver no exemption for sole source of heat.