An Act To Establish a Residential Wood Stove Replacement Fund
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1575
Committee: Natural Resources
Sponsors: BECK, JACKSON, BUTTERFIELD, CLARK, CUSHING, FLEMINGS, MARTIN, DAMON, GERZOFSKY, NUTTING
Amends: 38 MRSA §610

Legislative Document 
No. 1575 
H.P. 1113 
HOllse of Representatives, December 22, 2009 
An Act To Establish a Residential Wood Stove Replacement Fund 
Submitted by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to Joint Rule 204. 
Received by the Clerk of the House on December 18,2009. Referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. 
Presented by Representative BECK of Waterville. 
Cosponsored by Senator JACKSON of Aroostook and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: BUTTERFIELD of Bangor, CLARK of Millinocket, CUSHING of Hampden, 
FLEMINGS of Bar Harbor, MARTIN of Eagle Lake, Senators: DAMON of Hancock, 
GERZOFSKY of Cumberland, NUTTING of Androscoggin. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §610-]) is enacted to read: 
§610-D. Residential Wood Stove Replacement Fund 
1. Fund established. The Residential Wood Stove Replacement Fund, referred to in 
this section as "the fund," is established as a nonlapsing fund administered by the 
department for the purpose of providing financial incentives for the replacement of wood 
stoves with cleaner alternatives. 
2. Sources of money. The fund consists of any money received from the following 
sources: 
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A. Appropriations by the State; 
B. Contributions from any other source, both public and private; and 
C. Civil penalties for violations of air quality laws or rules administered by the 
department if the penalties are imposed pursuant to an administrative consent 
agreement or court-ordered consent decree and the person against whom the penalty 
is imposed expressly assents in the agreement or decree that the penalty may be paid 
into the fund. 
Money deposited in the fund must be deposited with the Treasurer of State to the credit of 
the fund and may be invested as provided by law. Interest on that investment must be 
credited to the fund. 
3. Disbursements from the fund. The department shall apply the money in the 
fund toward the award of financial incentives to replace residential wood stoves that are 
not certified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency with residential 
heating appliances with lower emissions of pollution such as wood stoves, pellet stoves or 
vented gas stoves that have been certified by the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency. 
Costs incurred by the department to administer the residential wood stove 
replacement program under subsection 4 may be paid by the fund. 
4. Residential wood stove replacement program. The department sh:tll establish a 
residential wood stove replacement program. 
The program must include. bill is not 
limited to: 
A. Public outreach and education; 
B. 
Establishment of eligibility criteria for participating in the program, benefits 
available under the program and the process for establishing eligibility for benefits; 
and 
C. Approved methods for removal and disposal of the replaced residential wood 
stoves. 
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Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Air Quality 0250 
Initiative: Provides funding for the residential wood stove replacement program. 
RESIDENTIAL WOOD STOVE REPLACEMENT 
FUND 
All Other 
RESIDENTIAL WOOD STOVE REPLACEMENT 
FUND TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2009-10 
2010-11 
$0 
$1,500,000 
$0 
$1,500,000 
This bill establishes a residential wood stove replacement program in the Department 
of Environmental Protection under which eligible applicants could receive funding 
toward the purchase of new cleaner-burning residential heating appliances to replace 
older wood stoves and appropriates funds for that purpose.