H.R. 4407 · 113th Congress
Wood Stove Regulatory Relief Act of 2014
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Blaine Luetkemeyer
- Introduced
- 2014-04-04
- Latest action
- 2014-04-11 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Summary
Wood Stove Regulatory Relief Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for an eight-year period, from finalizing, issuing, implementing, or enforcing rules under the Clean Air Act applicable to any new source of air pollutants that is a residential wood heater, a residential hydronic heater, a forced-air furnace, or a residential masonry heater unless the rules comply with this Act.
Prohibits the Administrator from setting particulate matter emission limits below a specified threshold for adjustable rate wood heaters, single burn rate wood heaters, pellet heaters/stoves, residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces.
Phases in requirements for complying with emission limits.
Sets forth provisions requiring third-party testing of compliance with emission limits.