POUGHKEEPSIE - Dutchess County Legislature Environmental Committee Chair Joel Tyner, (D-Clinton/Rhinebeck), says he and Republican legislator David Kelly concur on a compromise outdoor wood burning control measure.  Both lawmakers were scheduled to appear at the Dutchess County Supervisors and Mayors Association meeting to discuss the pending legislation to regulate outdoor wood-burning furnaces in Dutchess County.

Tyner says the law is not as strong he or his caucus would prefer, “… but it is a step in the right direction for over 200,000 people in our county who do not live in one of the six municipalities that have passed legislation on outdoor wood-burning furnaces”.  County Legislators Bill McCabe, Dan Kuffner, Tom Mansfield, and Steve White have all agreed to support the Kelly/Tyner compromise as at least a step in right direction.

OWB laws already have passed in Beacon, Beekman, East Fishkill, Hyde Park, Red Hook, and the Village of Rhinebeck.  The Tyner/Kelly law would not affect regulation passed in those municipalities.