NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 451 of 1994

324.5514 Department of environmental quality; prohibited acts; "wood heater" defined.

Sec. 5514.

(1) The department of environmental quality shall not do any of the following:

(a) Promulgate a rule limiting emissions from wood heaters.

(b) Enforce against a manufacturer, distributor, or consumer a federal regulation limiting emissions from wood heaters and adopted after May 1, 2014.

(2) As used in this section, "wood heater" means a wood stove, pellet stove, wood-fired hydronic heater, wood burning forced-air furnace, or masonry wood heater designed for heating a home or business.

History: Add. 2014, Act 417, Eff. Mar. 31, 2015
Compiler's Notes: Former MCL 324.5514, which pertained to disposal of United States flag by burning, was repealed by Act 102 of 2012, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 2012.
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA

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