Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0734-0337
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2014-02-03T05:00Z

Jurisdictions Restricting Masonry Heaters
A non-exclusive list jurisdictions that prohibit masonry heaters includes: 
   California
   1. Bay Area Air Quality Management District ("BAAQMD") (San Francisco and environs): Allows only EPA certified appliances.
   2. Kern County: Allows only pellet and EPA certified appliances.
   3. City of Los Altos: Allows only pellet stoves and EPA certified appliances.
   4. Marin County: Defers to the BAAQMD, and allows only pellet and EPA certified appliances.
   5. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District: Allows only pellet and EPA certified appliances. 
   6. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (Lake Tahoe and environs): Exempts pellet stoves but otherwise allows only EPA certified appliances.
   
   Other

   1. Town of Jackson, Wyoming: Excludes masonry fireplaces from the definition of "solid-fuel burning devices" and prohibits installation of devices not in compliance with EPA standards. 
   2. Numerous jurisdictions in, among other places, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Montana.
   
A non-exclusive list of other jurisdictions that heavily and non-uniformly regulate masonry heaters includes:
   1. Maricopa County Air Pollution Control District: Allows masonry heaters and other devices only which meet "performance standards that are equivalent to the standards in 40 CFR 60, Subpart AAA as amended through July 1, 1998, and that is approved by the Control Officer and the Administrator of EPA".
   2. Mendocino County Air Quality Management District: Allows masonry heaters, but requires a 10" veneer which essentially makes any masonry heater built in conformity to be unable to perform its function.
   3. San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District: Has approved four masonry heater models (based on Washington and Colorado testing), but refuses to approve any more.
   4. Northern Sonoma Air Pollution Control District (Napa and environs): Formally allows EPA certified or District-approved masonry heaters, but the district has refused to approve any masonry heater.
   5. Missoula City/County Health Department in Montana: Allows only pellet stoves inside the city limits.  Outside the city limits, only one masonry heater model by the largest manufacturer Tulikivi has been approved, after petitioning based on the model's Washington testing.