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New ASTM standard Testing for an ASTM Standard, 2005-7 Background: A Round of Comparative Fireplace Emissions Testing in 2000

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Currently met Emissions Standards Rumford fireplaces are clean-burning and heat efficiently. Buckley Rumford fireplaces are approved as open fireplaces in Washington and in some of the areas of Colorado and California that regulate fireplace emissions. They meet the EPA stove standard by an equivalancy (since the EPA does not specifically have a standard for fireplaces) and should be permitted anywhere EPA certified stoves are permitted. Where emissions are regulated locally most local jurisdictions recognize our EPA certified test results and Washington approval and do permit Buckley Rumford fireplaces. Our test results show that Buckley Rumford fireplaces not only meet the Washington fireplace emissions standard, with or without doors, but, with doors, they also meet the EPA Phase II stove emission "rate" of 7.5 grams of PM10 per hour. If there is any question about approval in your area please let us know by clicking here so we can provide test results and/or apply for approval. In general, here are our recommendations for applying for approval in any jurisdiction that regulates fireplace emissions. Certified Buckley Rumford Fireplaces Buckley Rumford Fireplace Owners Manual Buckley Rumford Fireplace Certified Core Buckley Rumford Fireplace Instructions Building a Fire in a Buckley Rumford Fireplace Buckley Rumford Fireplace Registration & Warrantee Buckley Rumford Fireplace Emissions Test Results in g/hr Buckley Rumford Fireplace g/h Owners Manual Buckley Rumford Fireplace Emissions Test Results Arizona Buckley Rumford Fireplace Owners Manual Maricopa County Application Rule 318 Maricopa County Notes Sedona California Buckley Rumford Fireplace Owners Manual County and Local Rules Maintained by State Emerging Rules in Southern California Alameda and Bay Area Historic Register Rules Berkeley Chico Contra Costa County El Dorado County (South Truckee) Los Altos Marin County Menlo Park Mill Valley Nevada County (Truckee) San Jose San Luis Obispo Northern Sonoma County Mammoth Lakes Palo Alto Truckee Tahoe - Placer County San Fransisco California Air Resources Board District Rules Database Colorado Buckley Rumford Fireplace Owners Manual Crested Butte Denver Eagle County Approves Rumfords - and then withdraws approval Grand County Approves Rumfords Gunnison County Considers Rumfords Larimer County Summit County Application Nevada Southern Nevada Reno, Nevada Washington Press Release: Buckley Rumford Fireplaces Approved by Washington Official Letter of Approval Washington Emissions Law Proposed change to WA Emissions Law Update by Paul Tiegs 4/4/03, Jerry Frisch, et.al. 5/25/03 List of Fireplaces Approved in Washington Wyoming Jackson Hole Teton County International Emissions in the UK Applied for or Pending Approvals

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Useful Links EPA Certified Test Labs Myren Consulting, Inc. 512 Williams Lake Road Colville, WA 99114 Office: 509 684 1154, Lab: 509 685 9458, Fax: 509 685 2262 bmyren@plix.com Ben Myren, 509 680 0595 OMNI Test Labs Post Office Box 743 Beaverton, Oregon 97075 5465 SW Western Avenue, Suite G Beaverton, Oregon 97005 503 643 3788 (fax 503 643 3799) Contact@OMNI-Test.com Paul Tiegs, 503 705 8768 Attorneys Skilled in Environmental Law Arter & Hadden, LLP, Attorneys at Law Offices in Ohio, Texas and California. Richard Fehey, Columbus, OH Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll 1225 17th Street, Suite 2300 Denver, CO 80202 303 299 7353 (Betsy Temkin, temkin@ballardspahr.com) Gablehouse Calkins & Granberg, LLC 410 17th Street, Suite 1375 Denver, CO 80265 303 572 0050 tgablehouse@gcgllc.com (Tim Gablehouse*) Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe Attorneys Offices in Seattle, Oregon and California. Michael R.Thorp, Seattle 206 389 6200 mthorp@hewm.com Bill Maer, Seattle 206 389 4221 wmaer@hewm.com Ken Finney, California, 415 772 6817 kfinney@hewm.com *

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Municipal Code Library Clearance to Combustibles Testing A New Round of Comparative Fireplace Emissions Testing - 1999-2000 EPA - Notes & Strategy You CAN fight city hall - but you may lose Fireplace Efficiency Discussion with Norbert Lars Helbro, a heater builder from Denmark comments Tiegs On A Voluntary Fireplace Standard Rumford On Curiosity Discussion Regarding Reporting Units for Emissions from Residential Cord-wood Burning Space-heating Appliances by Paul Tiegs, Director of OMNI Environmental Services The Fireplace Emissions Issue by Jim Buckley - Fall, 1995) Skip Hayden's anti fireplace article - Critiqued American Bioenergy Association (good links) Green Action (friends and allies) Radiant Heat

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