Residential Wood Heaters

EPA Final Rule

On February 3, 2015, the federal Environmental Protection Agency issued final New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Residential Wood Heaters. The standards govern the manufacture, sale, and operation of new residential wood heating devices including single burn-rate and adjustable burn-rate wood stoves, pellet stoves and furnaces, outdoor and indoor wood boilers, and indoor wood-burning forced air furnaces.

EPA's website

• EPA website on controlling air pollution from residential wood heaters
  • Final New Source Performance Standards for Residential Wood Heaters

DEP contacts: Stacy Knapp 287-2235 or Maine DEP’s Small Business Ombudsman Julie Churchill 800-789-9802.