Potential environmental restrictions being considered by the state in the wake of a new Environmental Protection Agency report aren’t worrying one local businessman specializing in fireplaces and heating stoves.

Michael Lund, founder of Lund’s Heritage Stove and Fireplace in Tooele, said his company is already selling stoves exceeding EPA requirements.

“We’re already there, so we don’t have to squirm to meet EPA requirements,” said Lund, who recently passed ownership of the business on to his son, Marshall Lund. “We’re all trying to go green — this just gets us closer. Our pellet stoves are already 99 percent efficient.”

Last week the EPA cited Tooele County for violation of fine particle emission standards. Now local government officials have three years to work with state officials on devising a plan to reduce fine-particle emissions.

Despite the possibility of no-burn days being enacted in the county for the first time, however, Lund is optimistic about business prospects going forward. His company acts as both a supplier and warehouse for Harman Stove Company’s gas, pellet, and coal-burning stoves. He hopes new regulations will actually encourage buyers to purchase newer, efficient models to replace old stoves they may be using currently.

Though the EPA requires all stoves to have an emissions rating of less than 4.5 grams/hour, Lund claims his company’s models meet or surpass that requirement, with one of their newest stoves having a rating of 1.0 grams/hour.

“There has been no slip in business in our area,” Lund said. “Though I understand we may soon have EPA restrictions on our cars and such. I don’t know if that’s good or bad.”