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Friday, May 21, 2010

Environment - More on: Potential regulation of emissions from wood-fired outdoor boiler continues to "shock and surprise" some legislators

This April 24, 2010 ILB entry discussed IDEM's efforts, beginning in 2005, to put in force state-wide rules re wood-fired outdoor boilers. In the absence of state-wide standards, individual communities have endeavored to address the issue. Here is a May 20, 2010 item by Chris McHenry in the Lawrenceburg Journal-Press:

Greendale has followed the lead of Lawrenceburg and Dillsboro in banning outdoor wood burning furnaces that provide heat to buildings.

The new ordinance was passed as an emergency measure at the May 12 Greendale City Council meeting, using the Lawrenceburg ordinance as a model.

Opponents of the outdoor furnaces point to smoke pollution, from chimneys that are far lower than those on buildings.

It appears these entities are going beyond regulating, and instead, are outright banning the units.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 21, 2010 02:35 PM
Posted to Environment