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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"> Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)
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48 Suncrest Blvd, Thornhill, ON, Canada
905-707-8754
CELL: 647-886-8754
Skype: lloyd.helferty
Steering Committee coordinator
Canadian Biochar Initiative (CBI)
President, Co-founder & CBI Liaison, Biochar-Ontario
National Office, Canadian Carbon Farming Initiative (CCFI)
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<td>Today @ 1PM ET: Innovation and the NSPS - EPA biomass
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<td>Thu, 9 May 2013 09:20:21 -0400 (EDT)</td>
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and the NSPS </strong></span><br>
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<div style="font-size: 16pt;"><span
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the EPA encourage innovative new
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<div style="text-align: center;"
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<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">EPA
regulations for biomass heating
devices often have addressed one
set of problems, and inadvertently
led to others as technology
developed. The EPA has stated that
in the next wood heater New Source
Performance Standard (NSPS), it
wants to "minimize potential
loopholes." How can the NSPS
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<li>How the NSPS applies to
residential biomass heating
equipment</li>
<li>What procedures, qualifications,
emissions limits, and technologies
are under consideration for the
draft NSPS rule </li>
<li>The comparative changes from the
existing and draft NSPS </li>
<li>How the new NSPS would promote
and handle innovative technologies
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<li>Will this NSPS drive innovation
by requiring industry to meet
strict emission limits? </li>
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the speaker (questions are
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<li><b>Mr. Gil Wood</b>, Project
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<li>Moderated by John Ackerly,
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