The EPA stove listing: (includes pellet stoves)
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/monitoring/caa/woodstoves/certifiedwood.pdf
We have an older pellet stove that is not on the EPA compliance list. If we decide to sell our house we need to remove the stove and put the fireplace back in working order.....according to California law. Our pellet stove puts out absolutely no smoke, we use it all winter long, at the risk of being ticketed on ‘no burn’ days.
So the house is to go from a no smoke pellet stove to a fully smoking fireplace according to the law. Makes perfect sense. lol