Only $15k? I think this must be a typo, missing some zer00000s.

For those with Netflix, there is an episode of "Young Indiana Jones" which is an insane condemnation of bureaucracy. I wish I could remember the name of the episode, but it sounds so much like this craziness.

Mr. Obama, thank you for your concern, but my grille is not subject to government jurisdiction. For your information, mine is an all-natural grille, fueled by charcoal and either hickory or mesquite wood chips. It results in no harmful residue, because all combustion products are directly vented to the atmosphere and the resulting ash is disposed of in my garden to enrich its soil. Drippings are all vaporized and vented directly to the atmosphere during the cooking process. The resulting odors from the charcoal soot and the vaporized hydrocarbons and organic molecules can be smelled throughout my neighborhood. Any regulator coming onto my property because of my grille must be prepared to stare down the muzzle of a gun.

What a joke. People will just ignore the devices.

Citizens are the end point that get to take from the EPA.

EPA = End Point Analyzer

Just what does "UC" stand for, anyhow? I don't
know that one yet.

This seems like yet another case of gov't trying to apply the same rules everywhere. Maybe there are a few very densly populated urban areas where this is a problem. I could easily see those communities creating an ordinance. The Fed gov't, though, seems inclined to having the same rules everywhere.