The Honorable Tammy Baldwin

United States Senator

717 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20510

via email

Dear Senator Baldwin,

As you may be aware, this spring 38 members of the Wisconsin Legislature wrote officials

at the United States Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) to register concerns

about the proposed rule for new residential wood heaters. The letter is attached for your

review.

To date, no response fr om the EPA has been received regarding this matter. The concerns

in the preceding letter are serious to thousands of our constituents who rely on wood

burning stoves as the primary means of heating their homes. With the winter just

beginning, it is our hop e that the EPA would heed the concerns of Wisconsinites and

withdraw the proposed rule. Further, the hypocrisy of the proposed rule in further

regulating heat providing wood stoves, while exempting inefficient and higher polluting

fireplaces is nothing sho rt of astonishing.

No one debates that the proposed rule will substantially increase the cost of residenti al

wood stoves and place a greater financial burden on Wisconsinites seeking to save money

by heating with wood. It is our hope that you will stand up for our mutual constituents and

advocate that this harmful rule be withdrawn immediately.

We ask that you provide us an update from EPA officials relating to our concerns. We

further ask that you provide us with your position on this harmful rule and provide us with

an explanation as to why the EPA would further regulate wood stoves which so many rely

upon, but to not extend that rule to fireplaces that heat much less and pollute much more.

We appreciate your attention to this matter and we look forw ard to your prompt response.

Best Regards,

Sincerely,

Representative Craig Representative Krug

83 rd Assembly District 72 nd Assembly District

Representative Murphy Representative Knodl

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