text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Wood Stove Regulatory Relief Act of 
  2014''.
  
  SEC. 2. REGULATION OF NEW RESIDENTIAL WOOD HEATERS, NEW RESIDENTIAL 
                HYDRONIC HEATERS, NEW FORCED-AIR FURNACES, AND NEW 
                RESIDENTIAL MASONRY HEATERS.
  
      (a) Prohibition.--During the period specified in subsection (c), 
  the Administrator may not finalize, issue, implement, or enforce any 
  rule described in subsection (b) unless such rule meets the 
  requirements described in subsection (d).
      (b) Rules.--Subsection (a) applies with respect to--
              (1) the proposed rule entitled ``Standards of Performance 
          for New Residential Wood Heaters, New Residential Hydronic 
          Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces, and New Residential Masonry 
          Heaters'' published at 79 Fed. Reg. 6330 (February 3, 2014) or 
          any successor or substantially similar rule; and
              (2) any other rule under section 111 of the Clean Air Act 
          (42 U.S.C. 7411) that is applicable to any new source that is a 
          residential wood heater, a residential hydronic heater, a 
          forced-air furnace, or a residential masonry heater.
      (c) Applicability.--This Act applies during the 8-year period 
  beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
      (d) Requirements.--
              (1) Numeric emission limits.--During the period specified 
          in subsection (c), in finalizing or issuing any rule described 
          in subsection (b), the Administrator may not establish a 
          particulate matter emissions limit--
                      (A) for adjustable rate wood heaters or pellet 
                  heaters/stoves that were, on or before the effective 
                  date of the rule, certified as being in compliance with 
                  any applicable standard of performance for particulate 
                  matter, that is less than 4.5 grams of particulate 
                  matter per hour;
                      (B) for all other adjustable rate wood heaters, 
                  single burn rate wood heaters, or pellet heaters/
                  stoves, that is less than 4.5 grams of particulate 
                  matter per hour;
                      (C) for any residential hydronic heater, that is 
                  less than 0.32 pound per million British thermal unit 
                  heat output as measured under ASTM E2618-13 ``Standard 
                  Test Method for Measurement of Particulate Emissions 
                  and Heating Efficiency of Solid Fuel-Fired Hydronic 
                  Heating Appliances'' using either cordwood or cribs; or
                      (D) for any forced-air furnace, that is less than 
                  0.93 pound per million British thermal unit heat 
                  output.
              (2) Transition period.--During the period specified in 
          subsection (c), in finalizing or issuing any rule described in 
          subsection (b), the Administrator shall--
                      (A) with respect to a residential wood heater that 
                  was certified on or before the effective date of the 
                  rule by the Administrator as in compliance with any 
                  applicable emissions limit in effect prior to the date 
                  of enactment of this Act--
                              (i) provide that such certification shall 
                          remain valid until the date that is five years 
                          after such heater was certified; and
                              (ii) permit any such heater to be 
                          manufactured and sold at retail until the date 
                          that is five years after such heater was 
                          certified;
                      (B) with respect to a forced-air furnace--
                              (i) except as provided in clause (ii)--
                                      (I) that is manufactured on or 
                                  before the effective date of such rule, 
                                  permit such forced-air furnace to be 
                                  sold at retail for a period of at least 
                                  one year after such effective date; or
                                      (II) that is manufactured after the 
                                  effective date of such rule, not 
                                  require such forced-air furnace to meet 
                                  any applicable particulate matter 
                                  emissions limit set forth in such rule 
                                  until the date that is at least one 
                                  year after such effective date; or
                              (ii) that was tested under Canadian 
                          Standards Administration B415.1-10 test 
                          protocol on or before the effective date of the 
                          rule and met a particulate matter emissions 
                          limit of 0.93 pound per million British thermal 
                          unit heat output, permit such forced-air 
                          furnace to be manufactured and sold at retail 
                          for a period of five years after such effective 
                          date; and
                      (C) with respect to a hydronic heater that--
                              (i) is a qualified model, deem such 
                          hydronic heater to be certified as in 
                          compliance with any otherwise applicable 
                          emissions limit under such rule for the 
                          duration of the period it would be considered a 
                          qualified model, but in no case for a period of 
                          less than 3 years beginning on the effective 
                          date of such rule; or
                              (ii) is not a qualified model and that is 
                          manufactured on or before the effective date of 
                          such rule, permit such hydronic heater to be 
                          sold at retail for a period of at least one 
                          year after such effective date.
              (3) Certification procedures.--
                      (A) Independent accredited third party testing and 
                  certification.--During the period specified in 
                  subsection (c), in finalizing or issuing any rule 
                  described in subsection (b), the Administrator shall 
                  provide that certifications of compliance with any 
                  applicable emissions limit under such rule be issued by 
                  independent third party laboratories accredited as 
                  certification bodies under ISO/IEC 17065, based on 
                  testing performed by the certification body or another 
                  laboratory accredited under ISO/IEC 17025 to perform 
                  certification testing.
                      (B) Limited role of epa.--During the period 
                  specified in subsection (c), in finalizing or issuing 
                  any rule described in subsection (b), the Administrator 
                  shall provide that the Environmental Protection 
                  Agency's role in any certification or auditing process 
                  provided in such rule shall be limited to conducting 
                  selective audits of the testing, certification, and 
                  quality assurance/quality control functions performed 
                  by certification bodies or test laboratories that are 
                  accredited by the ISO.
      (e) Definitions.--In this Act:
              (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
          Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
              (2) ISO.--The term ``ISO'' means the International 
          Organization for Standardization.
              (3) ISO/IEC 17025.--The term ``ISO/IEC 17025'' means the 
          International Organization for Standardization/International 
          Electrotechnical Commission standard number 17025.
              (4) ISO/IEC 17065.--The term ``ISO/IEC 17065'' means the 
          International Organization for Standardization/International 
          Electrotechnical Commission standard number 17065.
              (5) New source.--The term ``new source'' has the meaning 
          given such term in section 111(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 
          U.S.C. 7411(a)(2)).
              (6) Standard of performance.--The term ``standard of 
          performance'' has the meaning given such term in section 
          111(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(a)(1)).
              (7) Qualified model.--The term ``qualified model'' means, 
          with respect to a hydronic heater, a model that had been shown 
          to meet performance levels established by the Administrator 
          under a voluntary partnership program in effect prior to the 
          date of enactment of this Act.
target: Wood Stove Regulatory Relief Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for an eight-year period, from finalizing, issuing, implementing, or enforcing rules under the Clean Air Act applicable to any new source of air pollutants that is a residential wood heater, a residential hydronic heater, a forced-air furnace, or a residential masonry heater unless the rules comply with this Act. Prohibits the Administrator from setting particulate matter emission limits below a specified threshold for adjustable rate wood heaters, single burn rate wood heaters, pellet heaters/stoves, residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces. Phases in requirements for complying with emission limits.  Sets forth provisions requiring third-party testing of compliance with emission limits.
feat_title: Wood Stove Regulatory Relief Act of 2014