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On the recordOctober 11, 2011
They said it is imperative that the rulemaking process-- already under way for a decade--goes forward unencumbered by congressional intrusion and that final regulations be promulgated as soon as possible to alleviate continued and further confusion and uncertainty in the marketplace and to begin generating what we expect will be the new high-tech engineering and domestic manufacturing jobs in the boiler and boiler-related sectors. I submit that this is a reason to vote for this amendment, and what we've had are arguments that have come from a self-interested group based on a study that was found to be a flawed study. So I urge support for the amendment. American Boiler Manufacturers Association, Vienna, VA, October 10, 2011. To Members of the United States House of Representatives: The American Boiler Manufacturers Association (ABMA)--the companies that actually design, manufacture and supply the commercial, institutional, industrial boilers and combustion equipment in question--strongly opposes H.R. 2250, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 and any legislation that would further delay, by legislative fiat, the ongoing EPA rulemaking process now playing itself out with respect to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major and Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters rules.…
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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