State AGs Urge EPA To Scrap ‘Alternative’ Wood Heater Test Methods

A group of nine state attorneys general (AGs) is urging EPA to scrap some technical standards for testing wood heaters’ emissions that they say are allowing manufacturers to certify devices that frequently fail to meet the agency’s standards for fine particulate matter air pollution. In a May 21 letter to Chet Wayland, director of the Air Quality Assessment Division at EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, the AGs of New York, Alaska, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode...