In Order to Qualify for the FY2012 Wood Stove Rebate Program:

1.  You must own your own home or rental property.

2.  You must have an old, uncertified Wood Stove or Wood Stove Fireplace Insert.  Coal-fueled heating devices also qualify.

3.  You must use 3 cords of wood (or equivalent) per year for residential heating.

4.  You must live in an Urban Growth Area of Yakima County.

5.  You must submit to YRCAA a completed and signed Wood Stove Rebate Voucher, a completed and signed IRS Form W-9 and a photograph (print or digital) of your old stove, before it is disconnected.

6.  That's it!  Apply now, while funds are still available.  When grant funds are exhausted, or on November 15th, 2011, whichever comes first, the program will be over.

Instructions for FY2012 (2011-2012)

Woodstove Rebate Applicants

1. Complete a Wood Stove Rebate Voucher, available at the Yakima Regional Clean Air Office, 329 North 1st Street, Yakima, WA, 98901
2. Complete and sign an IRS Form W-9, "Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification", which is also available at the YRCAA office.
3. Take a picture of your old (uncertified) Wood Stove or Wood Stove Fireplace Insert before it is removed.  The picture must show it in its normal operating position.
4. Submit the signed and completed Wood Stove Rebate Voucher, accompanied by the completed and signed IRS Form W-9 and the photograph to the Yakima Regional Clean Air (YRCAA) office in person.  YRCAA must receive the original forms with signatures.
5. Once all the above information is received by YRCAA, it will be reviewed to verify that you qualify for our Wood Stove Rebate program (see qualification requirements, above).
6. Once qualified, a voucher and information packet will be givent to you.  You must receive the voucher before your new unit is purchased, and the vendor must complete their portion of the voucher.  Please note that the voucher has an expiration date.  The expiration date is for the date of purchase. You must arrange the purchase of your new device before it expires, but it can be installed after the expiration date.  If you need an extension on your expiration date, you must contact YRCAA before the original extension date expires, to see if an extension is possible.  If this is not done, in order to have a valid Rebate Voucher, you will have to start the application process all over again.
7. The new device must be professionally installed or, if installing yourself, requires a copy of the necessary permit.  Your vendor of choice will help you with those arrangements.
8. Your old Wood Stove or Insert must be recycled at one of our three recycling partners.  Your vendor or installer can assist you with these arrangements.
9. All arrangements and responsibility for purchase and installation are between you (the home owner) and the vendor and installer.  YRCAA will only send your rebate check after the installation is complete and all required paperwork has been received by YRCAA. 
10. More complete instructions will accompany your Voucher.   If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact either Michelle or Dave at the YRCAA office, phone number: (509) 834-2050.
11. Fill out your portion of the Certificate of Destruction, which your vendor will provide you, including all signatures and required attachments.  We do not accept incomplete applications.
12. Completely clean out the old wood burning device (including fire brick and ash) before installer comes. The installer shall remove the door before turning it in for recycling.  If this is not done, the recycler will not sign the certificate.  Certificates that are not signed by the recycler are invalid.
13.  Your installer will deliver the old wood burning device to one of our approved recycling facilities: Douglas Towing, Pacific Steel & Recycling, or Poor Boy’s Auto Wrecking
14. Voucher holder will watch a four-minute DVD about burning practices, and sign off. Then, bring the vendor sales invoice and installer invoices, or permits, if self-installed, along with the voucher coupon to Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency Office at 329 N. 1^st St. Yakima, WA 98902.
15. The Rebate check will be sent to voucher holders in the mail  about four to six weeks after completed paperwork is submitted.