I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4407 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
set reasonable limits on the stringency and timing of proposed regulations 
for new residential wood heaters, new residential hydronic heaters, new 
forced-air furnaces, and new residential masonry heaters, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 4, 2014 
Mr. LUETKEMEYER (for himself and Mr. HARPER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency to set reasonable limits on the stringency 
and timing of proposed regulations for new residential 
wood heaters, new residential hydronic heaters, new 
forced-air furnaces, and new residential masonry heaters, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wood Stove Regulatory 
Relief Act of 2014’’. 
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SEC. 2. REGULATION OF NEW RESIDENTIAL WOOD HEAT-
ERS, NEW RESIDENTIAL HYDRONIC HEATERS, 
NEW FORCED-AIR FURNACES, AND NEW RESI-
DENTIAL MASONRY HEATERS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—During the period specified in 
subsection (c), the Administrator may not finalize, issue, 
implement, or enforce any rule described in subsection (b) 
unless such rule meets the requirements described in sub-
section (d). 
(b) RULES.—Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 
(1) the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Standards of 
Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters, 
New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air 
Furnaces, and New Residential Masonry Heaters’’ 
published at 79 Fed. Reg. 6330 (February 3, 2014) 
or any successor or substantially similar rule; and 
(2) any other rule under section 111 of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) that is applicable to 
any new source that is a residential wood heater, a 
residential hydronic heater, a forced-air furnace, or 
a residential masonry heater. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—This Act applies during the 8- 
year period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(d) REQUIREMENTS.— 
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(1) NUMERIC
EMISSION
LIMITS.—During the 
period specified in subsection (c), in finalizing or 
issuing any rule described in subsection (b), the Ad-
ministrator may not establish a particulate matter 
emissions limit— 
(A) for adjustable rate wood heaters or 
pellet heaters/stoves that were, on or before the 
effective date of the rule, certified as being in 
compliance with any applicable standard of per-
formance for particulate matter, that is less 
than 4.5 grams of particulate matter per hour; 
(B) for all other adjustable rate wood heat-
ers, single burn rate wood heaters, or pellet 
heaters/stoves, that is less than 4.5 grams of 
particulate matter per hour; 
(C) for any residential hydronic heater, 
that is less than 0.32 pound per million British 
thermal unit heat output as measured under 
ASTM E2618–13 ‘‘Standard Test Method for 
Measurement of Particulate Emissions and 
Heating 
Efficiency 
of 
Solid 
Fuel-Fired 
Hydronic Heating Appliances’’ using either 
cordwood or cribs; or 
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(D) for any forced-air furnace, that is less 
than 0.93 pound per million British thermal 
unit heat output. 
(2) TRANSITION
PERIOD.—During the period 
specified in subsection (c), in finalizing or issuing 
any rule described in subsection (b), the Adminis-
trator shall— 
(A) with respect to a residential wood 
heater that was certified on or before the effec-
tive date of the rule by the Administrator as in 
compliance with any applicable emissions limit 
in effect prior to the date of enactment of this 
Act— 
(i) provide that such certification shall 
remain valid until the date that is five 
years after such heater was certified; and 
(ii) permit any such heater to be man-
ufactured and sold at retail until the date 
that is five years after such heater was 
certified; 
(B) with respect to a forced-air furnace— 
(i) except as provided in clause (ii)— 
(I) that is manufactured on or 
before the effective date of such rule, 
permit such forced-air furnace to be 
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sold at retail for a period of at least 
one year after such effective date; or 
(II) that is manufactured after 
the effective date of such rule, not re-
quire such forced-air furnace to meet 
any 
applicable 
particulate 
matter 
emissions limit set forth in such rule 
until the date that is at least one year 
after such effective date; or 
(ii) that was tested under Canadian 
Standards Administration B415.1–10 test 
protocol on or before the effective date of 
the rule and met a particulate matter 
emissions limit of 0.93 pound per million 
British thermal unit heat output, permit 
such forced-air furnace to be manufactured 
and sold at retail for a period of five years 
after such effective date; and 
(C) with respect to a hydronic heater 
that— 
(i) is a qualified model, deem such 
hydronic heater to be certified as in com-
pliance with any otherwise applicable emis-
sions limit under such rule for the duration 
of the period it would be considered a 
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qualified model, but in no case for a period 
of less than 3 years beginning on the effec-
tive date of such rule; or 
(ii) is not a qualified model and that 
is manufactured on or before the effective 
date of such rule, permit such hydronic 
heater to be sold at retail for a period of 
at least one year after such effective date. 
(3) CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES.— 
(A) INDEPENDENT
ACCREDITED
THIRD 
PARTY TESTING AND CERTIFICATION.—During 
the period specified in subsection (c), in final-
izing or issuing any rule described in subsection 
(b), the Administrator shall provide that certifi-
cations of compliance with any applicable emis-
sions limit under such rule be issued by inde-
pendent third party laboratories accredited as 
certification bodies under ISO/IEC 17065, 
based on testing performed by the certification 
body or another laboratory accredited under 
ISO/IEC 17025 to perform certification testing. 
(B) LIMITED ROLE OF EPA.—During the 
period specified in subsection (c), in finalizing 
or issuing any rule described in subsection (b), 
the Administrator shall provide that the Envi-
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ronmental Protection Agency’s role in any cer-
tification or auditing process provided in such 
rule shall be limited to conducting selective au-
dits of the testing, certification, and quality as-
surance/quality control functions performed by 
certification bodies or test laboratories that are 
accredited by the ISO. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) ISO.—The term ‘‘ISO’’ means the Inter-
national Organization for Standardization. 
(3) ISO/IEC 
17025.—The term ‘‘ISO/IEC 
17025’’ means the International Organization for 
Standardization/International Electrotechnical Com-
mission standard number 17025. 
(4) ISO/IEC 
17065.—The term ‘‘ISO/IEC 
17065’’ means the International Organization for 
Standardization/International Electrotechnical Com-
mission standard number 17065. 
(5) NEW SOURCE.—The term ‘‘new source’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 111(a)(2) of 
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(a)(2)). 
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(6) STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE.—The term 
‘‘standard of performance’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 111(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7411(a)(1)). 
(7) QUALIFIED MODEL.—The term ‘‘qualified 
model’’ means, with respect to a hydronic heater, a 
model that had been shown to meet performance lev-
els established by the Administrator under a vol-
untary partnership program in effect prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
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