AIR TOPICS: Wood Smoke
Air Topic: Wood Smoke
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POLICY RESOURCE KIT
Wood Smoke Overview
Improving Indoor Air
NTAA and EPA established a work group to collaborate with Tribal, state, EPA and other involved entities with a purpose of researching, developing, and implementing a national residential wood stove program to address both the indoor and ambient air quality impacts from residential wood/coal burning stoves, as well as to address other wood smoke related issues on Tribal lands.
Woodstove Smoke
Many Tribal homes use old, inefficient and dirty burning stoves for heating and cooking. These outdated stoves may also release wood smoke that is harmful to the health of residents, especially the young and the old. To avoid these health risks and to gain the greater efficiency and effectiveness of new, cleaner burning technology wood stoves, it is recommended that old stoves be gradually replaced or “changed out.”
For more information and resources about wood smoke and stove change outs see our Indoor Air Quality page.
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HELPFUL LINKS
WOODSMOKE UPDATES
May 2022 – Mariah Ashley and Lucas Bair presented wood smoke related data from NTAA’s Baseline Needs Assessment. The presentation can be downloaded as a PDF. Highlighted from the BNA, wood smoke is the top 4 most concern in terms of air quality in Indian Country. Contact Mariah or Lucas if you have any questions regarding this presentation!
October 2021 – National Tribal Air Association’s White Paper on the Wood Heater Emission Pilot Project for Indian Country Written by NTAA Policy Advisory Committee Member, Laura McKelvey. This White Paper details Wood Stove changeout programs and its effectiveness to help improve indoor air quality for the many Tribal citizens who rely on woodstoves as a primary or secondary heat source. NTAA supports these changeout programs and urges the EPA to meet the 1988 EPA Clean Air Act emission standards, much less the current emissions standards implemented in 2015.
December 2020 – ITEP hosted a webinar series for training Tribes on wood-stove operation and maintenance. You can view the recorded webinar series here.
Intro To Residential Wood Heating, Health Effects, Particle Pollution and More
Wood Stoves and Wood Stove Changeouts
WOODSMOKE WORK GROUP COMMENT LETTERS
Click here to see upcoming and previous PRK comment letters!
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
EPA: Indoor Air Quality Wood Smoke
EPA: Burn Wise
EPA: Changeout Campaigns Case Studies
Tribal Healthy Homes Network: Woodsmoke and Smoke Events