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July 21, 2022
Press Release

AF&PA Responds to EPA Rule on Boiler MACT

CONTACT: Tim Ebner
(202) 463-2587, comm@afandpa.org

WASHINGTON – The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock released the following statement in reaction to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) final rule.

“For over a decade, AF&PA has worked with EPA on Boiler MACT to advocate for a process grounded in the best available science. We appreciate the final rule allowing mills to avoid further costly retrofits to many existing boilers. However, we are disappointed by the agency’s classification of boilers operating in the last decade as ‘new.’ The failure to update the definition of ‘new source’ is a missed opportunity.”

“The finalization of this rule gives the paper and wood products industry the regulatory certainty it needs to manufacture sustainable products using our carbon-beneficial bioenergy. Our mills are critical to manufacturing the renewable paper and wood products used by millions of Americans daily.”

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) serves to advance public policies that foster economic growth, job creation and global competitiveness for a vital sector that makes the essential paper and packaging products Americans use every day. The U.S. forest products industry employs more than 925,000 people, largely in rural America, and is among the top 10 manufacturing sector employers in 44 states. Our industry accounts for approximately 4.7% of the total U.S. manufacturing GDP, manufacturing more than $435 billion in products annually. AF&PA member companies are significant producers and users of renewable biomass energy and are committed to making sustainable products for a sustainable future through the industry’s decades-long initiative — Better Practices, Better Planet 2030. 

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