(1) The Environmental Quality Commission shall establish by rule:
(a) Emission performance standards for new woodstoves;
(b) Criteria and procedures for testing a new woodstove for compliance with the emission performance standards;
(c) A program administered by the Department of Environmental Quality to certify a new woodstove that complies with the emission performance standards when tested by an independent testing laboratory, according to the criteria and procedures established in paragraph (b) of this subsection;
(d) A program, including testing criteria and procedures to rate the heating efficiency of a new woodstove;
(e) The form and content of the emission performance and heating efficiency label to be attached to a new woodstove;
(f) The application fee to be submitted to the department by a manufacturer, dealer or seller applying for certification of a woodstove; and
(g) Emission values for noncertified woodstoves that are replaced or retrofitted under ORS 468A.475 to allow an industrial or commercial operation to begin or increase its operations.
(2) Nothing in this section shall exempt any woodstove from the listing or certification requirements established by 24 C.F.R. 3280.707 or the installation standards in 24 C.F.R. 3280.709 for woodstoves installed in manufactured dwellings, or from the standards for installation of woodstoves established by the Department of Consumer and Business Services.
(3) The program established under subsection (1)(c) of this section and the fee established under subsection (1)(f) of this section shall not apply to any woodstove certified for emission and tested for efficiency by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent the department from enforcing certifications issued by the department or the United States Environmental Protection Agency. [Formerly 468.655; 1993 c.742 §75]
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