Letter to Sen. Baldwin.

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advocate that this harmful rule be withdrawn immediately.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
83rd Assembly District
Representative Krug
72nd Assembly District
Representative Murphy
56th Assembly District
Representative Knodl
24th Assembly District
Senator Harsdorf
10th Senate District
Representative Swearingen
34th Assembly District
Senator Lazich
28th Senate District
Representative Bernier
68th Assembly District
Representative Czaja
35th Assembly District
Representative Nygren
89th Assembly District
Representative Petryk
93rd Assembly District
Representative Kulp
69th Assembly District
Representative Thiesfeldt
52nd Assembly District
Representative August
32nd Assembly District
Representative Jacque
2nd Assembly District
Senator Tiffany
12th Senate District
Senator Gudex
18th Senate District
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41st Assembly District
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87th Assembly District
Representative Ripp
42nd Assembly District
Representative Nass
33rd Assembly District
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14th Assembly District
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15th Assembly District
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28th Assembly District
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53rd Assembly District
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5th Assembly District
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51st Assembly District
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30th Assembly District
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50th Assembly District
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13th Assembly District
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25th Assembly District
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67th Assembly District
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86th Assembly District
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98th Assembly District
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