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Thomas, Colleene (Baldwin)

From: Rep.Craig <Rep.Craig@legis.wisconsin.gov>

Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 4:56 PM

To: Thomas, Colleene (Baldwin)

Subject: EPA's New Source Performance Standards

Attachments: WoodBurningEPA(final).pdf

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hope	that	you	will	stand	up	for	our	mutual	constituents	and	advocate	that	this	harmful	rule	be	withdrawn	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.		
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We	appreciate	your	attention	to	this	matter	and	we	look	forward	to	your	prompt	response.	

Best	Regards,		

Representative	Craig																																																												Representative	Krug	

83rd	Assembly	District																																																										72nd	Assembly	District	

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