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(a) No solid fuel-burning device permit shall be issued unless said device has been certified by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and has an emission rate, calculated as per Colorado Air Pollution Regulation No. 4, Section IV.A, which meets the following standards:

(1) The solid fuel-burning device shall emit particulates at a rate of six (6) grams per hour or less when tested in accordance with Appendix A or four (4) grams per hour or less when tested in accordance with Appendix B.

(2) No solid fuel-burning device permit shall be issued unless said device emits carbon monoxide (CO) at a rate of two hundred (200) grams per hour or less, when tested in accordance with Appendix A or Appendix B, whichever is more stringent.

(3) In the event the State, County or Town establishes more stringent emission standards, the most stringent standards shall apply.

(4) This standard specifically excludes solid fuel-burning devices registered according to the provisions of Section 7-4-30 below; notwithstanding, however, that all solid fuel-burning devices shall be subject to the provisions for abatement in Section 7-4-50 below.

(b) Any solid fuel-burning device so certified as being within the standards set forth herein shall be presumed to be operated within the limits of those standards. Additional solid fuel-burning devices may be certified by the Department upon the applicant’s demonstration through testing that the solid fuel-burning device will meet these standards, provided that tests on that proposed model are conducted by a testing laboratory accredited by the State using a standard method and the results are calculated according to Subsection (a) above as specified in Air Pollution Control Regulation No. 4.

(c) On or before August 1st of each year, the Department will prepare a list of solid fuel-burning devices known to be certified, which list shall be available for inspection in the Department’s offices. (Prior code 8.12.020; Ord. 1288 §1, 2008)