Hi, guys -
Because people have created toxic waste by concentrating thousands of cows in a feedlot, or tens of thousands of chickens in an egg factory, I have to register my little sheep and goat dairy as a federal Confined Animal Feedlot Operation, and have additional tasks and paperwork to do on an ongoing basis, proving I am following the rules the feds have had to put together for big cow operations.
Because outdoor wood boilers have at least historically been such abysmal sources of pollution, Oregon and Washington state have outlawed the sale or installation of residential wood boilers of any sort, indoor or outdoor. Period. Full stop. No can do.
Last Friday, Oregon did pass a temporary ruling that small commercial operations can install boilers of less than 1million BTU in size. But they have to meet the federal certification for commercial biomass boilers, which is apparently more expensive set of tests to conduct. This ruling is in effect for 6 months.
The federal certification rules for this class of boiler apparently only came out in March of this year.
I've no idea how to find which units I might purchase. I was going to get a Frohling 40/50, 1000 gallons of thermal storage.
I am so unspeakably frustrated.
Does anyone on the list know of boilers that meet the brand-new federal requirements for small commercial wood-fired boilers?
thanks -
marilyn, in western oregon, who really wants to hit something
Because people have created toxic waste by concentrating thousands of cows in a feedlot, or tens of thousands of chickens in an egg factory, I have to register my little sheep and goat dairy as a federal Confined Animal Feedlot Operation, and have additional tasks and paperwork to do on an ongoing basis, proving I am following the rules the feds have had to put together for big cow operations.
Because outdoor wood boilers have at least historically been such abysmal sources of pollution, Oregon and Washington state have outlawed the sale or installation of residential wood boilers of any sort, indoor or outdoor. Period. Full stop. No can do.
Last Friday, Oregon did pass a temporary ruling that small commercial operations can install boilers of less than 1million BTU in size. But they have to meet the federal certification for commercial biomass boilers, which is apparently more expensive set of tests to conduct. This ruling is in effect for 6 months.
The federal certification rules for this class of boiler apparently only came out in March of this year.
I've no idea how to find which units I might purchase. I was going to get a Frohling 40/50, 1000 gallons of thermal storage.
I am so unspeakably frustrated.
Does anyone on the list know of boilers that meet the brand-new federal requirements for small commercial wood-fired boilers?
thanks -
marilyn, in western oregon, who really wants to hit something