Bill Text: CT HB05818 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Regulating The Use Of Outdoor Wood-burning Furnaces.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-24 - Referred to Joint Committee on Environment [HB05818 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05818-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5818

 

January Session, 2013

 

LCO No. 2186

   

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. BUCK-TAYLOR, 67th Dist.

 

AN ACT REGULATING THE USE OF OUTDOOR WOOD-BURNING FURNACES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to regulate the use of outdoor wood-burning furnaces such that any outdoor wood-burning furnace installed after October 1, 2012, must meet EPA Phase 2 requirements and to prohibit the burning of materials other than wood pellets or wood that has not been chemically treated.

Statement of Purpose:

To protect the environment by regulating the use of outdoor wood-burning furnaces.

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