tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post4446592282353540606..comments2024-03-28T06:18:02.329-07:00Comments on Heated Up!: EPA Changes Strategy Again; Will Now Phase in Stricter Standards for Biomass Stoves and BoilersJohn Ackerlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548459677032843743noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post-39250057496838811532013-09-25T01:02:33.418-07:002013-09-25T01:02:33.418-07:00Many Outdoor Boiler manufacturers will not be able...Many Outdoor Boiler manufacturers will not be able to meet the latest round of EPA Regulations in 2014, they will be out of business just like hundreds of companies that went under after the EPA regulated woodstoves way back when. Today we have some very clean burning woodstoves and have made progress in cleaning them up. Other boiler manufactures like Econoburn and Woodmaster have worked very hard to meet them. Unfortunately the first two round of testing requirements was not fair as boilers and woodstoves are two different animals so the testing was flawed. There needs to be a better standard and the EPA has had a hard time figuring out what this is. They have a mandate to work together with manufactures to give them time to accomplish the EPAs goals, as well they should, it is only fair as jobs are at stake here. We all want cleaner burning products, however we need a standard testing procedures that yields the same results regardless if the boiler is tested at Omini, Interlake, or Brookhaven labs. NYSERDA has taken the lead on this and done a good job at sorting this mess out, hopefully we can soon have a standard we can all live by. Slandering Mr. Woods who has been handed a can of worms, or the EPA for that matter is childish in my humble opinion. How come no one here has the Kahunas to reveal themselves but prefers to remain "Anonymous" ? Maybe that gives them the right to spew forth garbage....I don't think so. Industries are at stake here as well as livelihoods, I applaud the EPA trying to work with these manufacturers, to come up with a workable standard, unfortunately it has not gone as planned. Manufactures have no control over clowns who think that burning tires in their OWBs is OK. Once again it is a few fools who make it tough on everyone else. Burning Biomass and wood is a renewable energy and good for the environment and the economy, lets not forget the facts for the sake of arguments.WoodyChainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16741321696675652266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post-64626298237754685222013-09-25T00:27:58.746-07:002013-09-25T00:27:58.746-07:00I totally agree, where is the balance, as it is th...I totally agree, where is the balance, as it is the latest round of mandates will kill many manufactures who don't have the ability to meet the standard, Only a few companies will survive. Clean air is good for everyone, but so are American jobs.WoodyChainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16741321696675652266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post-71851048425606229822013-06-06T10:36:19.137-07:002013-06-06T10:36:19.137-07:00The proposed limit to outdoor wood fired hydronic ...The proposed limit to outdoor wood fired hydronic heaters is measured in pounds per million BTU. EPA has indicated a limit of 0.32 lbs./Million BTU for phase 1. The limit of 95 grams an hour posted above is incorrect and I would like to know where that number came from. The difference between units that are not qualified Vs. units that are is night and day. Many qualified units, when run properly by the users, emit less emissions than some wood stoves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post-12321802411333445172013-04-10T09:32:00.001-07:002013-04-10T09:32:00.001-07:00I was at the meeting in Florida when Mr. Woods pre...I was at the meeting in Florida when Mr. Woods presented the NSPS update. Sorry Mr. Anonymous, Mr. Woods did not get a "Junket to Florida", he addressed the audience by conference call from his office at the EPA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post-11178470795418712432013-04-05T08:50:44.267-07:002013-04-05T08:50:44.267-07:00How can you even allow this ridiculous post to be ...How can you even allow this ridiculous post to be approved by your site? Allowing someone to post completely false and defamatory information about an EPA official is scandalous! EPA - by law - is required to work with people/companies within the industries they are regulating and this EPA official delivers an EPA message to the industry and gets lambasted with false statement and information from some anti-wood burning activist and you post it. What a joke!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post-38622644500747480722013-04-04T05:43:28.253-07:002013-04-04T05:43:28.253-07:00As usual EPA is still in bed w/industry. Gil Wood...As usual EPA is still in bed w/industry. Gil Woods meets w/them and then does NSPS light. The regulations for wood boilers is a clear example of how EPA is not one bit concerned about the public's health when it comes to wood smoke. Why would boilers not be held to same standards as stoves? Same carcinogens as cigarettes, people's houses engulfed in smoke, exposure to VOCs, PM 2.5, and PAHs and Mr. Woods is busy showing off his NSPS light to the HPBA in Florida at their conference. People's lives have been ruined and people have suffered heart attacks, cancer, and asthma attacks and Mr. Woods is still glad handing the industry. No big surprise that industry was successful in getting Voluntary Program to be the proposed sanctioned. 95 g/hr vs. 4 g/hr in emissions. Corrupt. Mr. Woods is corrupt and cares not a bit about public health. Wood Boilers are inefficient and subject their owners and neighborhoods to horrendous pollution. Here's hoping Mr. Woods gets a dose of it some day since he obviously does not get it. Industry doing own testing. NYSERDA study showing EPA data 90% missing or incomplete for Voluntary Program on boilers. Bad data and now Mr. Woods wants to make this the regulation level. Corrupt is the only word for Mr. Woods. He should be fired and his pension taken away. Junket to Florida indeed. Disgusting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post-49197871078547978412013-04-02T18:40:22.506-07:002013-04-02T18:40:22.506-07:00Completely ridiculous what’s next regulating fire...Completely ridiculous what’s next regulating fireplaces in our houses?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post-18525864163478199742013-04-02T15:56:30.301-07:002013-04-02T15:56:30.301-07:00Why don't the government worry about more impo...Why don't the government worry about more important things. There are way bigger issues than wood burning stoves that have been around for ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511144021300330801.post-17317430236143641712013-04-02T06:24:06.428-07:002013-04-02T06:24:06.428-07:00Gina McCarthy and Janet McCabe seem open for discu...Gina McCarthy and Janet McCabe seem open for discussion about an NSPS for wood burning fireplaces. They have received letters requesting an NSPS from the American Lung Association, ECOS, NACAA, Westar, Nescaum and several major fireplace manufacturers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com