1. EPA Residential Wood Smoke Programs
Larry Brockman
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
RTP, NC
December 1, 2016

2. EPA’s Residential Wood Smoke Program: Major Components
EPA’s Wood Heater NSPS
Wood Burning Appliance Changeout/Retrofit Projects
Fireplace Voluntary Program
Burn Wise Education Campaign

3. Wood Heater New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
Revised standards effective May 15, 2015.
2015 rule broadens applicability of 1988 NSPS
1988 rule only covered “room heaters”:
- adjustable burn-rate wood stoves
- fireplace inserts and some pellet stoves
2015 rule added:
single burn-rate wood stoves
all pellet stoves
“Central Heaters” hydronic heaters and forced-air furnaces.
NSPS phases in emission limits in two steps over five years
Step 1, May 2015
Step 2, May 2020

4. NSPS Delegation of Implementation and Enforcement Authority
Clean Air Act Section 111(c) directs the Administrator to:
delegate to each State, as appropriate, authority to implement and enforce NSPS sources located in a State.
EPA encourages:
State and local agencies to take partial delegation of the NSPS or conduct outreach activities to help ensure rule compliance.

5. Wood Burning Appliance Changeout/Retrofit Project Support
Technical Assistance
Guidance Documents
Funding Opportunities

6. EPA Guidance Documents
Wood-burning Appliance Changeout Guide (2014)
Recommendations and tips to state, tribal and local
areas looking to implement a changeout program.
Financing Options for Wood-burning Appliance Programs (2014)
Identifies and briefly describes federal, state, local, non-profit and third party programs
that may fund changeouts and weatherization
For those starting a program we have a new Changeout Guide

7. Examples of Past EPA Changeout Funding
Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 103: Research focus
CAA Section 105: Implementing programs for the prevention and control of air pollution
Targeted Airshed Grants: to reduce air pollution in nonattainment areas ranked as the top five most polluted areas relative to EPA ozone, annual or 24-hour PM2.5 standards.

8. EPA Settlements and Wood Burning Appliance Replacement Projects
Since 2010:
~25 EPA settlements included “Wood stoves”
Approximately $20 million
14 replacement projects completed
Approximately 3,750 devices replaced
Estimated PM2.5 emission reductions:
100 tons/year
2000 tons over life of replacement

9. Fireplace Partnership Program
Encourages the development and sale of a new generation of lower-emitting “EPA-qualified” fireplaces that burn cord wood.
Includes “EPA-qualified” retrofits devices.

10. Burn Wise Education Campaign
A EPA voluntary partnership program: emphasizes burning the right wood, the right way, in the right appliance to protect your home, health, and the air we breathe. Goal: To promote upgrades to cleaner burning technologies, educate users on how to properly use their wood burning appliance and to ensure they understand the benefits (improved efficiency, safer home and family) of upgrading and proper operation.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

11. What Burn Wise Tools are Available?
Tip Sheet
Posters
Brochures
Postcard
Tear Pads
Wood Shed Construction Plans
Videos
Social Media
* Free hard copies are currently available for most tools
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

12. Burn Wise Tools Target Audience & Distribution Channels
Target Audience: Current and future owners of wood burning appliances
Distribution Channels:
Hearth retail stores
Wood burning appliance manufacturers
Chimney sweeps
Non-profit organizations
States, Local, Tribal agencies
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

13. Recent and Current Projects
“How to Build a Wood Shed” Video
Completion Date: December 2016

14. Recent and Current Projects
“Wood Smoke and Your Heart” Videos
Completion Date: January 2017

15. Recent and Current Projects
Completion Date:
December 2016

16. Potential Projects: Kids Wood Smoke Activity Book
Chimney Sweeps Burn Wise Accreditation
Burn Wise Partnership with Fire Departments

17. In Summary, Addressing Residential Wood Smoke Can:
Help areas attain the PM2.5 health standards
Prevent other areas from slipping into non-attainment
Decrease of short term PM2.5 peak exposures from wood smoke
Supports EJ & community-based air toxics program
Reduces pollutants impacting climate change (black carbon and CH4)
Improve indoor air quality

18. Questions/Comments/Feedback. Larry Brockman, brockman. larry@epa
Questions/Comments/Feedback? Larry Brockman,