Attorneys general from 10 states plan to sue EPA over standards for residential wood-burning stoves.
Don Sakis checks the fire in his Riteway wood stove at his home on Jan. 23, 2018, in Palmer, Alaska. Sakis and his family have heated their home with the stove for 35 years. Attorneys general from 10 states plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, alleging the agency's testing and certification program for home wood heaters is ineffective — raising health concerns — and that EPA has failed to undertake a timely review of performance standards for new heaters.
The states involved are Alaska, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington, as well as the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. "As a result, certification tests may not be accurate, do not reflect real-world conditions, and may result in some wood heaters being certified for sale that emit too much particulate-matter pollution,” the report said.
EPA officials, in response to a draft of the report, said they take the concerns seriously and would continue to take steps to address testing and certification issues.
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