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Steinert, John 

11785 SE Highway 212 

Suite 305 

Clackamas, OR 97015 

Clackamas County 

Web Mall Subject: 

Phone: 503 8191601 

Email: jsteinert@dirigolab.com 

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Environment (Clean Air, Clean Water, Waste) 

My name is John Steinert and I am the president of Dirigo Laboratories, Inc. of Clackamas, OR. We are a 

EPA accredited test laboratory that tests residential wood fired appliances (wood stoves, etc) to EPA 

established emissions standards. We are one of a handful of laboratories in the WORLD that specialize in 

this kind of testing and 3 of them are located in Oregon. We test wood stoves, pellet stoves, fireplaces, 

and boilers from all over the world ensuring that they meet the EPA's strict standards for particulate 

emissions levels. For the past 4 years, we have been working very closely with the EPA to update the 

current regulations and test methods that are outdated and were in need of reform. Finally, after 4 years 

EPA has put forth their proposal (see below for the title) and have effectively thrown the small laboratories 

under the bus. There are too many aspects of EPA's proposed rule changes to mention here but we could 

potentially be forced out of being an EPA laboratory. We find this to be unconscionable being that we 

have spent the last 4 years working with them, providing them with data driven test results and acting in 

good faith. 

This proposal is not yet currently available for public comment and we feel it is absolutely critica l that we 

act before it goes out to public comment. The proposals in this document will stop our business dead in its 

tracks for over a year. We are a small business that needs a voice and we need one quickly. Thank you 

for your consideration and I look forward to discussing this further. 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 60 

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0734; FRL-9904-05-0AR) 

RIN 2060-AP93 

Standards of Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters, New Residential 

Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces, and New Residential Masonry Heaters 

Kind Regards, 

John Steinert, President 

Dirigo Laboratories, Inc. 

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Laura Vaught 

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November 3, 2014 

Associate Administrator for Congressional 

and Intergovernmental Relations 

Environmental Protection Agency 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 3426 ARN 

Washington, DC 20460 

Dear Ms. Vaught: 

COMMITTEES: 

COMMrfrEE ON THE BUDGI:I 

COMMI1TEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES 

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBUC LANDS AND FORESTS 

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING 

SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELUGENCE 

COMMITTEE QN ~lNANCE 

Enclosed please find correspondence I received from a constituent. He reached out to your 

office about an issue he is having with a proposed emission standards rule change. 

I would greatly appreciate your addressing my constituent's concerns and responding directly to 

him. Please also send a copy to my Washington D.C. office, attention Malcolm McGeary, as I 

am interested in your response. Thank you in advance for your assistance. 

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