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 It is our hope that you will stand up for our mutual constituents and advocate that this harmful rule be withdrawn immediately.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 Representative Balleweg 41st Assembly District Representative-Elect Heaton 87th Assembly District Representative Ripp 42nd Assembly District Representative Nass 33rd Assembly District Representative-Elect Gannon 14th Assembly District Representative Sanfelippo 15th Assembly District Representative-Elect Jarchow 28th Assembly District Representative Schraa 53rd Assembly District Representative-Elect Kremer 5th Assembly District Representative Marklein 51st Assembly District Representative-Elect Macco 30th Assembly District Representative Brooks 50th Assembly District Representative Hutton 13th Assembly District Representative Tittl 25th Assembly District Representative Larson 67th Assembly District Representative Spiros 86th Assembly District Representative Neylon 98th Assembly District Representative Katsma 26th Assembly District Representative Tauchen 6th Assembly District Representative Murtha 29th Assembly District Representative Kapenga 99th Assembly District Representative-Elect Rohrkaste 55th Assembly District Representative-Elect Brandtjen 22nd Assembly District Representative Kuglitsch 84th Assembly District