Attorneys general in 10 states intend to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the federal agency’s failure to update wood stove emission standards.
The states involved are Alaska, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington, as well as the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency.
In a notice of intent to sue (pdf) sent to the EPA, the attorneys general say the EPA has failed to review and ensure emissions standards for residential wood-burning stoves, despite its requirements to do so every eight years under the Clean Air Act.
This has allowed the continued sale of appliances that could worsen pollution, they said….