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Maryland’s EPR Legislation Guided by Missteps

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Maryland’s EPR Legislation Guided by Missteps

Maryland lawmakers are hastily considering SB 901, a misguided bill that introduces an EPR program for packaging and paper products and poses significant risks to the paper…
AF&PA Applauds Overdue EPA Regulatory Reconsiderations

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AF&PA Applauds Overdue EPA Regulatory Reconsiderations

We deeply appreciate the Administration recognizing that the complexity and volume of these regulations failed to balance costs and benefits, disregarded the best available…
AF&PA Responds to 25% Tariffs on Canada and Mexico

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AF&PA Responds to 25% Tariffs on Canada and Mexico

While we recognize the Administration’s goals of securing our borders, AF&PA remains concerned that today’s new North American tariffs have potential to seriously disrupt our…
AF&PA Responds to Section 232 Investigation on Lumber and Timber

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AF&PA Responds to Section 232 Investigation on Lumber and Timber

AF&PA will seek to work with the Administration through the 232 process, especially in regards to the Order’s mention of ‘derivative’ paper products.

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AF&PA Announces Heidi Brock as New President & CEO

June 11, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today announced that Heidi Brock, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Aluminum Association, will join AF&PA as its new President and CEO.  Brock is succeeding Donna Harman, who announced her intention to retire earlier this year after 12 years serving as AF&PA’s President and CEO.

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AF&PA Advocates for Service, Rate and Process Reforms at Surface Transportation Board Hearing

May 22, 2019
WASHINGTON – American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman urged the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to work toward service, rate and dispute improvements in a statement regarding the board’s May 22, 23 oversight hearing. AF&PA Director, Government and Industry Affairs Julie Landry’s submitted testimony for the official record for the Oversight Hearing on Demurrage and Accesorial Charges held at the International Trade Commission.
Transportation

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AF&PA Commends EPA Action to Balance Benefits and Costs

May 21, 2019
WASHINGTON – American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman issued the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) memorandum outlining plans to implement robust benefit-cost analysis across the agency’s rulemaking process. The memorandum follows the agency’s June 2018 advanced notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the benefits and costs of rulemaking and indicates the process will begin with the Clean Air Act.
Regulatory Reform

Update in Brief

The Paradigm Shift in the Cost-Benefit State: Requiring More Good Than Harm

May 21, 2019
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took an historic step to advance the “cost-benefit state,” the paradigm in which “government regulation is increasingly assessed by asking whether the benefits of regulation justify the costs of regulation.”[1] EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler issued a memorandum directing agency staff to ensure “the agency balances benefits and costs in regulatory decision-making.”[2] He further directed the heads of each office – air, water, solid waste, and chemical safety – to develop a media-specific notice-and-comment rulemaking on how benefit-cost balancing and analytical best practices will be applied under each statute, starting with the air office, which will propose a regulation later this year.
Regulatory Reform

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American Forest & Paper Association Releases April 2019 Boxboard Report

May 20, 2019
WASHINGTON - The American Forest & Paper Association released its April 2019 U.S. Boxboard Report on May 17, 2019.

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American Forest & Paper Association Releases April 2019 Containerboard Monthly Report

May 17, 2019
WASHINGTON - The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its April 2019 Containerboard Monthly report on May 16.

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AF&PA Releases 59th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard, and Pulp Capacity

May 15, 2019
WASHINGTON – The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today released the 59th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard and Pulp Capacity, reporting U.S. paper and paperboard capacity declined 1.1 percent in 2018.

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U.S. Paper Recovery for Recycling Rate Reaches Record 68.1 Percent in 2018

May 8, 2019
WASHINGTON – The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today announced that 68.1 percent of paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling in 2018. The recovered paper market rebounded after China’s import restrictions on recovered products caused the rate to dip in 2017. 
Recycling

Update in Brief

Recovery for Recycling of Old Corrugated Containers: Explaining the Exceptional Rate

May 8, 2019
After dipping from 92.8 percent in 2016 to 88.8 percent in 2017, the U.S. recovery for recycling rate for old corrugated containers (OCC) rebounded to 96.4 percent in 2018.
Recycling

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American Forest & Paper Association Releases March 2019 Containerboard Report

April 17, 2019
WASHINGTON - The American Forest & Paper Association released its March 2019 Containerboard Monthly report on April 16.

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American Forest & Paper Association Releases March 2019 Containerboard Report

April 17, 2019
WASHINGTON - The American Forest & Paper Association released its March 2019 Containerboard Monthly report on April 16.

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American Forest & Paper Association Releases March 2019 Printing-Writing Monthly Report

April 17, 2019
WASHINGTON - The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released its March 2019 Printing-Writing Monthly report on April 16.