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### <PREFlX>Mr.</PREFIX> <FIRST>Ross</FIRST> <LAST>Johnson<ILAST> <ADDR1>535 Comanche Street</ADDRl> <ADDR2><lADDR2> <ADDR3 ></ADDR3 > <CITY>Montevallo</CITY> 

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My name is Ross Johnson. I live in Montevallo, AL, which is in your congressional district. I own a small business (Johnson Sales Associates) which serves as a manufacturer's representative for several hearth and flIeplace manufacturers, based in the US. I have been in this field fot over 38 years. 

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### in this field (manufacturers, retailers. installers, etc.) The DOB has enacted a regulation(I believe it 

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### will ruin my industry and my company by banning decorative gas fireplaces and log sets as tough they are space heaters, which they are not! They are decorative products, not heaters. I ask that you please cosponsor the letter to DOE Secretary Chu, sponsored by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers ofWashington State. If you would like additional information. please let me lmow. I can be reached at 205-665-0497. I look forward to hearing baok from you on where you stand on this issue. Regards, Ross D. Johnson 

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