July 20, 2011 The Honorable Susan Collins U.S.

Senate 413 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Ron Wyden U.S. Senate 223 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senators: We are writing to express our united and strong support for legislation you are introducing today and for H.R. 2250, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011, bipartisan legislation to address the serious concerns that remain with EPAs Boiler MACT rules. As they exist today, the final Boiler MACT rules will have serious economic impacts on a vast array of facilities across the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors. These rules place at risk tens of thousands of high-paying manufacturing jobs that our nation cannot afford to lose. As finalized, the Boiler MACT rules are unaffordable, just as the proposed rules were. The rules are not achievable for real-world boilers across the range of fuels and operating conditions. EPA also has created a presumption that materials commonly used as fuels are wastes subject to the extremely costly and stigmatizing incinerator standards. This would not only impose billions of dollars in unreasonable costs, but it also would cause millions of tons of valuable materials to be diverted to landfills and replaced with fossil fuel a bad result for the environment. As EPA has acknowledged, the rules were finalized with serious flaws because EPA was forced to meet a strict court-ordered deadline. The final Boiler MACT rule alone would cost over $14 billion in capital for the manufacturing sector, plus billions more in annual operating costs. Complying with the incinerator standards could cost several billion dollars more in capital. Legislation is needed to resolve serious uncertainties and vulnerabilities, including to: ensure the rules are stayed for an adequate and certain period, as EPAs current administrative stay is being challenged in court; allow EPA adequate time to re-propose the rules and get them right, including time for stakeholders to conduct more emissions testing and to avoid mistakes that occur when rulemakings of this scope and importance are rushed and become vulnerable to legal challenge; provide direction and support for EPA to use the discretion it already has under the Clean Air Act and Executive Order 13563 to add flexibility and make the rules achievable; clarify that using non-hazardous materials as fuels does not result in boilers being treated as incinerators; and

July 20, 2011 Page 2 give facilities more time to comply with the complex and capital-intensive requirements of the rules.

If enacted, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act will provide the much-needed certainty and time for EPA to get the rules right and for businesses that will be investing billions of dollars to rationally plan for the capital expenses. This legislation will preserve jobs and the competitiveness of the U.S. manufacturing sector while protecting the environment. Thank you for your leadership on this issue of great importance to our industries and our workers. Sincerely, American Forest & Paper Association American Chemistry Council American Home Furnishings Alliance American Petroleum Institute American Wood Council Association of American Railroads Biomass Power Association Brick Industry Association The Business Roundtable Cement Kiln Recycling Coalition Composite Panel Association Construction Materials Recycling Association Corn Refiners Association Council of Industrial Boiler Owners Hardwood Plywood and Veneer Association International Falls Chamber of Commerce (MN) National Association of Manufacturers National Federation of Independent Business National Oilseed Processors Association National Solid Wastes Management Association NORA, An Association of Responsible Recyclers (formerly the National Oil Recyclers Association) Rubber Manufactures Association Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Treated Wood Council U.S. Chamber of Commerce Virginia Forestry Association cc: Senator Lamar Alexander Senator Mary Landrieu Senator Mark Pryor Senator Pat Toomey