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 from 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 hope 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 short of astonishing.

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

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advocate that this harmful rule be withdrawn immediately.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 forward to your prompt response.

Best Regards,

Sincerely,

Representative Craig Representative Krug

83rd Assembly District 72nd Assembly District

Representative Murphy Representative Knodl

56th Assembly District 24th Assembly District
Senator Harsdorf Representative Swearingen

10th Senate District 34th Assembly District

Senator Lazich Representative Bernier

28th Senate District 68th Assembly District

Representative Czaja Representative Nygren

35th Assembly District 89th Assembly District

Representative Petryk Representative Kulp

93rd Assembly District 69th Assembly District

Representative Thiesfeldt Representative August

52nd Assembly District 32nd Assembly District

Representative Jacque Senator Tiffany 

2nd Assembly District 12th Senate District

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