"S. Barker"
"epa compliant woodstove"??? You're kidding right? what's to be
compliant about a steel box with a hole in the top?

Dunno but he's either the same person or another who thinks there really is
such a thing. Perhaps it's a marketing scam some folks buy into?

Now safety compliant, yes. How it's vented and such. The only 'EPA'
relevance I can think of, have to do with what you burn, not what you burn
it in. Dont use treated wood for example due to the chemicals which can be
carginogenic when burning.