2010 Nov. 15 to 21: WEEKLY RAWSEP: Pending U.S. States statewide OWB & wood stove legislation, State by State
AL – unknown
AK – PENDING Fairbanks wood stove regulation. See RAWSEP Brochure for AK. On Oct. 5 2010 voters voted yes by 60% (roughly 9,000 voted yes, 6,000 voted no and 78,000 residents of Fairbanks did not vote) on Proposition A which meant Fairbanks voters rejected home heating fines for wood smoke
Proposition A passage does not prevent PENDING Fairbanks wood stove regulation. Two quotes about passage of Propostion A by Fairbanks: “I’m concerned air quality is going to get worse,” Hopkins said. “That relates to health, the air people breathe, and the economy.” About the Fairbanks vote, one resident commented: We have one or two people with bad outdoor wood boilers periodically shutting down wood river elementary. The school nurse has recorded record numbers of complaints regarding breathing problems and eye problems whenever these boilers are fired up. How do we stop these people from hurting our children without having fines? I’d really like to hear the solution from everyone who voted “yes” on A. It is easy to say “Don’t fine me!” but hard to actually solve the problem.
Proposition A passage does not prevent PENDING Fairbanks wood stove regulation. Two quotes about passage of Propostion A by Fairbanks: “I’m concerned air quality is going to get worse,” Hopkins said. “That relates to health, the air people breathe, and the economy.” About the Fairbanks vote, one resident commented: We have one or two people with bad outdoor wood boilers periodically shutting down wood river elementary. The school nurse has recorded record numbers of complaints regarding breathing problems and eye problems whenever these boilers are fired up. How do we stop these people from hurting our children without having fines? I’d really like to hear the solution from everyone who voted “yes” on A. It is easy to say “Don’t fine me!” but hard to actually solve the problem.
AZ – unknown
AR – unknown
CA – unknown, seasonal wood stove regulations in localities
CO – unknown
CT -Number of municipalities with OWB bans in CT: 13. See RAWSEP Brochure for CT. KILLED IN COMMITTEE CT Senate Bill S.B. 126 statewide To add wood smoke to the public health nuisance list and to ban outdoor wood-burning
DE – unknown
FL – unknown
GA – unknown
HI – unknown
ID – unknown
IL – unknown
IN – See RAWSEP Brochure for IN Indiana. PENDING #05-332 statewide OWB regulations DRAFT #05-332 statewide OWB regulations (please public comment to STRENGTHEN BILL before FINAL passage ) You need to write, call, e-mail the Governor and IDEM (teasterly@idem.in.gov) as well as Dr. James Miner MD Chairman of the Air Board (Ent88@aol.com) and demand better for all Hoosiers. Fall public hearings may be scheduled.
IA – unknown
KY – unknown
LA – unknown
ME – some Statewide OWB regulations (Phase II for new installations) passed January 2010
MD – unknown
MA – unknown, Industrial Biomass burning questioned
MI – unknown
MN – unknown
MS – unknown
MO – unknown
MT – unknown
NE – unknown
NV – unknown
NH – unknown
NJ – Statewide OWB regulations passed 2008
NM – unknown
NY – See RAWSEP Brochure for NY. PENDING NY DEC Rules on OWBs
NC – unknown
ND – unknown
OH – PENDING statwide OWB regulations 2010
OK – unknown
OR – unknown, seasonal wood stove regulations in localities
PA – IN EFFECT as of Oct. 2, 2010: 25 PA. Code CHS. 121 and 123 statewide OWB regulations
RI – PENDING RI House of Reps. H7064 statewide OWB regulations 2010
SC – unknown
SD – unknown
TN – unknown
TX – unknown
UT – unknown
VT – PENDING statewide OWB regulations
2010 Nov. 19: VT Pownal: Biomass project fuels concern
VA – unknown
WA – statewide OWB ban, seasonal wood stove regulations in localities
WV – unknown
WI – See RAWSEP Brochure for WI. unknown
WY – unknown
RAWSEP ResidentsAgainstWood SmokeEmissionParticulates 
Minnesota is in need of OWB statewide regulations. The community I live in refuses to address it because some of the township board members have them, and are themselves getting complaints. Having 20 acres of mine covered in smoke multiple times a day, setting off my home’s smoke alarms, has resulted in comments like “Why doesn’t he just close his windows?”, and “That’s what he gets for building on a hill!” from the persons that are causing the problem with their outdoor wood boilers. One commented “we’ll just smoke him out”!
Individual communities have started to regulate their use, and many are beginning to outright ban them, citing the writings of the former state of New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer, titled “Smoke Gets In Your Lungs”.
A few of these communities are: Stillwater, Inver Grove Heights, Woodbury, Bloomington and Burnsville. If anyone is aware of others, I am compiling as much information as I can so I can help solve the problem, and not have to “close my windows”.
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