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Stove rules may burn holes in pockets By KEVIN HARDEN Of the Emerald A fight by Eugene-Springfield wood stove manufacturers to es tablish a uniformly enforced set of stove regulations may be hurting many of those manufacturers fi nancially, seven members of the wood stove industry said Tues day. Those members, Mike Duval of J & J Enterprises, Ken Hussey Industry group says inspector unfair and Doug Johnsan of Mannar Building Supplies, Thomas Lichty of the Oregon Woodstove Com pany, John Orlando of Oregor Steel Fabricating and Fred Wing ham, Radke Stove distributing ol McCormack Consulting En gineers and Fred Wingham Radke Stove distributor, made public information on a year-lone fight between themselves and the city’s mechanical inspection divi sion of the Public Works Depart ment at a news conference Tues day morning. Because of the lack of enforced regulation, nearly eight of every 10 wood stoves installed in area homes are installed without the proper permits, the group said. 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For additonal information, con tact Joseph Haley, Director of the Office of International Programs, University of Portland, Portland, Oregon 97203. Claiming the wood stove indus try has been subjected to “un reasonable and capricious ac tion,” by the inspection division, the groups said several inconsis tencies in inspection procedures and wood stove installation per mits have caused them to lose business and caused some resi dents to install wood stoves with out permits. The fight began over a year ago after several stove manufacturers were told they would have to con form to new standards set by the city’s mechanical inspection de partment. While those standards have been applied to most wood stoves made in the Eugene Springfield area, not all stoves have been tested or approved. According to McCormack, the group’s spokesman, several un tested and unapproved stoves have been sold without any prob lem with the inspection division. Other stoves, mainly those made by Frontier Stoves and Pioneer stoves, have been tested and have run into trouble with the in spection division. The group submitted com plaints to the Public Works De partment and the city council last October concerning the inspec tion and installation permit pro cedures, McCormack said. Most of those complaints focused on one inspector who had been favor ing certain models of wood stoves over others in his permit inspec tions, the group said. That employee, Lyle Lamont, a mechanical inspector for the Pub lic Works Department, has made misleading statements to several potential customers about insur ance coverage of homes with wood stoves, the group said. Citing several documented in cidents of irregularities, the group said Lamont was attempting to “force local businessmen out of business by threats and malicious statements. Several of those statements in clude documentation of a refusal by Lamont to inspect a wood stove installed by the Oregon Wood stove Company and a $50 pay ment from Oregon Steel Fabricat ing to Lamont for services he per formed for that company during regular city business hours. As a result of last October’s meeting, the Public Works De partment suspended Lamont for one week. Since that time, McCormack said, ‘‘his inconsis tency (in inspection procedures) has increased.’’ According to the Public Works Department, Lamont is on a two week vacation and cannot be reached for comment. Some of those inconsistencies have caused most of the group to lose money on sales and man ufacturing costs, McCormack said. “We don’t know from day to day what equipment we will have ap proved and what we won’t,” Ken Hussey said. “We never know if the stove (they sell) will be ap proved or not approved.” Although most cities in the Wil lamette Valley follow the Uniform Mechanical Code for wood stove inspection and permits, the Eugene City Council has looked to Lamont as an expe.t in that field, Duval said, which has hurt those manufactureres he may not like. Despite the complaints about Lamont and the permit proce dures, the group is very much concerned with public safety. -‘‘We all agree that all stoves should be tested and approved for licensing in the area,” Duval said. “But this (the documentation of Lamont’s inconsistency) shows that it doesn’t matter whether your stove is approved or not.” The charges against Lamont are under investigation by the city manager’s office and the Police Department, according to Keith Martin, assistant city manager. Foreign students wanted This week foreign students will have a special opportunity to seek jobs in their home countries. Citibank of New York is sending a representative Friday to interview seniors and graduate students in business, economics and en Complete Ice Cream Party Items for All Occasions BASKIN ROBBINS ICE CREAM 1365 Villard St. 495 Coburg Rd. 484-1031 342-3462 •] EMU Breezeway Milk Shakes Special Sundaes ('ones Delicious Flavors gineering. 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