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The EPA ruled that wood cookstoves are exempt from emission regulations. Great news for all cookstove users, right? Not quite. The EPA’s emission limits are the minimum limits that a state is required to have, but any state can add onto those limits in order to control their air quality even more. Washington is one state that has stricter emission standards than most, and as a result, it can be confusing to sort out what wood-burning appliances are allowed and what are not. As the largest seller of wood cookstoves in North America with the largest product line, we at Obadiah’s wanted to try and clear things up for our neighbors who live over in the beautiful state of Washington.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States is responsible for regulating emissions from wood heating appliances as part of the Clean Air Act. Most cookstoves are intended to be for cooking first and foremost and because of that, the EPA doesn’t consider them subject to their regulations. EPA exempt stoves are any stove…

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The following post on chimney installation comes from Michigan State University, and offers some valuable tips and technical details on the process.