Biomass rule - EQC staff report

DETP/19/3607

''Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 11:11:20 AM (GMT+07:00) Goldstein, Meyer:'' Rule Caption: Temporary Rule Adoption for Small Biomass Boilers. Adm. Order No.: DEQ 7-2011(Temp) Filed with Sec. of State: 6-24-2011 Certified to be Effective: 6-24-11 thru 12-19-11 Notice Publication Date: Rules Amended: 340-200-0020, 340-210-0100, 340-210-0110, 340-210-0120, 340-212-0140, 340-228-0140, 340-228-0020, 340-228-0210, 340-262-0450, 340-262-0600 Subject: DEQ’s Heat Smart Program is designed to reduce air pollution from residential wood heating, including woodstoves and small-scale with a heat output equal to or less than 1 million Btu per hour outdoor residential and commercial wood-fired boilers. The Heat Smart rules prohibit the sale of all small solid fuel burning devices unless they are certified by DEQ, using EPA certification standards. Currently, EPA does not certify small-scale commercial, industrial and institutional biomass boilers. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is exempting such boilers from the Heat Smart regulations because these boilers are subject to other existing state and federal particulate and air toxics standards and do not need to be regulated under the Heat Smart rules. The temporary rules also require registration and clarify existing state and federal particulate and air toxics rule requirements applicable to small-scale commercial, industrial and institutional solid fuel-burning boilers with a heat output under 10 million Btu per hour.