S00839 Summary:

BILL NOS00839
 
SAME ASSAME AS A01977
 
SPONSORMARCELLINO
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add Art 19 Title 13 SS19-1301 - 19-1305, S71-2114, En Con L
 
Relates to regulating outdoor wood-burning devices; establishes outdoor wood-burning devices shall be operated only between September thirtieth through May first; establishes that outdoor wood-burning devices shall not be operated within seven hundred feet of certain locations; establishes that outdoor wood-burning devices shall not be installed or operated within two hundred feet of certain residences.
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S00839 Actions:

BILL NOS00839
 
01/18/2009REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
01/06/2010REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
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S00839 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S00839 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           839
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 18, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
          vation
 
        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to regu-
          lating outdoor wood-burning devices in New York state
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Legislative  findings  and declarations. An outdoor wood-
     2  burning device is a wood-fired device located outside the primary  resi-
     3  dential or commercial dwelling it serves, designed to transfer heat, via
     4  liquid,  through  the  burning  of  wood to heat indoor spaces, swimming
     5  pools, hot tubs or other hot  water  uses.  Unlike  woodstoves,  outdoor
     6  wood-burning  devices are currently unregulated by New York state or the
     7  United States Environmental Protection  Agency.  Due  to  their  design,
     8  outdoor  wood-burning  devices  produce  excessive smoke, which may have
     9  serious environmental and  health  impacts  for  surrounding  neighbors.
    10  Smoke  from  outdoor  wood-burning devices contains unhealthy amounts of

    11  particulate matter, dioxins, carbon monoxide, nitrogen  dioxide,  sulfur
    12  dioxide, hydrochloric acid, formaldehyde and other toxic air pollutants.
    13  Exposure  to  smoke  from outdoor wood-burning devices can cause adverse
    14  respiratory and cardiovascular  symptoms,  asthmatic  sensitivity,  lung
    15  illnesses  and cancer. Studies show that children, the elderly and indi-
    16  viduals with pre-existing cardio-respiratory disease or diabetes are  at
    17  greater  risk  than the general population of developing these symptoms.
    18  While outdoor wood-burning devices are intended  to  burn  only  natural
    19  wood,  homeowners  sometimes  add  inappropriate  materials such as yard
    20  waste,  packing  materials,  construction  debris  and  even   household
    21  garbage. Burning these waste materials in an outdoor wood-burning device
    22  can  produce  additional toxic air pollutants. Even when used in accord-

    23  ance with manufacturer's recommendations, these devices frequently cause
    24  nuisance conditions. Therefore, the purpose of this act is to ensure the
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03011-01-9

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     1  proper siting, operation and performance of outdoor wood-burning devices
     2  in order to protect public health and the environment.
     3    §  2.  Article  19 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
     4  adding a new title 13 to read as follows:
     5                                  TITLE 13
     6                        OUTDOOR WOOD-BURNING DEVICES
     7  Section 19-1301. Definitions.

     8          19-1303. Outdoor wood-burning devices requirements.
     9          19-1305. Regulations.
    10  § 19-1301. Definitions.
    11    As used in this title:
    12    1. "Outdoor wood-burning device" shall mean a device located outside a
    13  residential or commercial building it serves, designed to transfer heat,
    14  via liquid, through the burning of wood to heat indoor spaces,  swimming
    15  pools, hot tubs or other hot water uses. Outdoor wood-burning devices do
    16  not include fire pits or wood-fired barbecues.
    17    2.  "Natural  wood"  shall  mean  trees including logs, boles, trunks,
    18  branches, limbs, and stumps.
    19    3. "Residence" shall mean a building or structure which is  a  primary
    20  or secondary home of one or more persons.

    21    4.  "Municipality"  shall  mean a village, town, city or county or any
    22  designated agency thereof.
    23    5. "Farm woodland" shall mean land used for the production for sale of
    24  woodland products including but not limited to logs, lumber,  posts  and
    25  firewood.
    26    6.  "Land  used  in  agricultural production" shall mean not less than
    27  seven acres of land used as a single operation for  the  production  for
    28  sale of crops, livestock or livestock products of an average gross sales
    29  value of ten thousand dollars or more.
    30  § 19-1303. Outdoor wood-burning devices requirements.
    31    1.  No  person  shall  construct,  install,  modify, operate or use an
    32  outdoor wood-burning  device,  unless  such  device  complies  with  the

    33  following:
    34    (a)  Outdoor  wood-burning  devices  shall not be operated between May
    35  first and September thirtieth; provided, however,  outdoor  wood-burning
    36  devices  operated  on land used in agricultural production or farm wood-
    37  land shall be exempt from this subdivision;
    38    (b) An outdoor wood-burning device shall not be installed or  operated
    39  within  seven  hundred  feet  from  the occupied building of a hospital,
    40  school, daycare center or nursing home or from the boundary of a munici-
    41  pal park or recreational facility;
    42    (c) An outdoor wood-burning device shall not be installed or  operated
    43  within  two  hundred  feet  from  the nearest residence not served by an
    44  outdoor wood-burning device;

    45    (d) Only natural wood including, but not limited to, wood that has not
    46  been painted, stained, chemically treated, laminated  or  glued  may  be
    47  burned in an outdoor wood-burning device;
    48    (e)  The  installation  of a chimney of an outdoor wood-burning device
    49  must be in accordance with applicable building ordinances;
    50    (f) The installation and operation of an outdoor  wood-burning  device
    51  must  be  in accordance with the manufacturer's written instructions and
    52  in compliance with local ordinances;
    53    (g) Dealers and sellers of outdoor wood-burning devices  are  required
    54  to  provide  buyers a written notice stating that only natural wood that
    55  has not been painted, stained, chemically treated,  laminated  or  glued

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     1  may  be  burned  and  household or other waste must not be burned in the
     2  device; and
     3    (h)  Devices  that  comply  with  the standards for particulate matter
     4  emissions promulgated pursuant to section 19-1305 of this title shall be
     5  exempt from the siting requirements set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and
     6  (c) of this subdivision.
     7    2. The commissioner shall establish and publish, in consultation  with
     8  the  commissioner of health, educational materials explaining the health
     9  and environmental hazards of outdoor wood-burning devices.
    10    3. The provisions set forth in subdivision one of this  section  shall

    11  not  prevent  any  municipality  enacting  a local law or ordinance from
    12  banning or regulating  outdoor  wood-burning  devices  for  residential,
    13  commercial  or  industrial use provided, however, that such local law or
    14  ordinance is no less stringent than the provisions of this title.
    15  § 19-1305. Regulations.
    16    1. On or before January first, two thousand ten, the department  shall
    17  promulgate  test  methods  for  the measurement of particulate matter in
    18  order to determine compliance with emissions standards. By April  first,
    19  two thousand ten, the commissioner, in consultation with the commission-
    20  er  of  health,  shall  also promulgate standards for particulate matter
    21  emissions necessary to ensure protection of public health and the  envi-

    22  ronment.  These  standards  shall  be no less stringent than the federal
    23  particulate matter standard applicable to indoor wood stoves,  found  at
    24  40  C.F.R.  §60.530  through  40 C.F.R. §60.539b, as amended. Unless the
    25  department promulgates such standards by April first, two thousand  ten,
    26  the  federal  woodstove  standard is hereby incorporated into this title
    27  and shall be applicable to all  outdoor  wood-burning  devices  sold  or
    28  operated in the state.
    29    2.  No  person  shall sell, install or operate an outdoor wood-burning
    30  device on or after June first, two thousand eleven  unless  such  device
    31  meets  the requirements of this section. Provided, however, that outdoor

    32  wood-burning devices that are installed and in  use  on  or  before  the
    33  effective  date of this section shall not be subject to the requirements
    34  of this section until June first, two thousand twelve.
    35    § 3. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
    36  section 71-2114 to read as follows:
    37  § 71-2114. Violations of title 13 of article 19 of this chapter.
    38    1. Any person operating an outdoor wood-burning device in violation of
    39  section  19-1303 of this chapter shall be issued a warning for the first
    40  offense and shall be provided with educational material produced  pursu-
    41  ant  to subdivision two of section 19-1303 of this chapter and be warned
    42  that future violations shall  result  in  civil  penalties.  Any  person

    43  convicted  of a second violation of the provisions of section 19-1303 of
    44  this chapter shall be punished by a civil penalty of up to  seventy-five
    45  dollars.  Any person convicted of a third or subsequent violation of the
    46  provisions of section 19-1303 of this chapter shall  be  punished  by  a
    47  civil  penalty  of  not  less than one hundred dollars nor more than two
    48  hundred fifty dollars.
    49    2. Any person who sells an  outdoor  wood-burning  device  within  the
    50  state  in  violation  of title 13 of article 19 of this chapter shall be
    51  subject to a civil penalty of up to one  hundred  dollars.    Subsequent
    52  offenses  are  subject  to  a civil penalty of not less than two hundred
    53  fifty dollars.
    54    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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