This bill amends the law regulating outdoor wood boilers, which include outdoor pellet boilers, as follows.
1. It allows an outdoor wood boiler meeting a particulate matter emission limit of 0.32 pounds per million British Thermal Units heat output to be exempt from property setback requirements as long as it meets applicable stack height requirements under Department of Environmental Protection rules.
2. It prohibits the department from adopting rules applicable to outdoor wood boilers that prohibit the emission of a smoke plume from an outdoor wood boiler, regardless of whether such emission remains upon the property of the owner of the outdoor wood boiler or crosses onto any adjacent land or buildings not owned by the owner.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 502, HP 331: 38.610