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### .. Envi ronment (Clean Ai r, 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 standa rds . 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, fi replaces, 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4 years, we have been working very closely with the EPA to update the current regulations and test methods that are outdated and were in need of reform .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 be i ng that we have spent the last 4 years working with them , providing them with data driven test resu lts 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 Di rigo Laboratories , Inc.

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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 TH E BUDGI:I COMMI1TEE ON E NERGY AND NA T URAL RESOU RCES SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBUC LANDS AND FORESTS SPECIAL COM MITTEE ON A GING SELECT COMM ITTEE ON I NTELUGENCE COM M ITTEE QN

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### 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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