WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a timeline for reconsideration of its controversial air toxics standards for boilers and certain incinerators.

WASHINGTON – As part of a filing with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set a schedule for issuing updated air toxics standards for boilers and certain solid waste incinerators.

American Forest & Paper Association President and CEO Donna Harman today issued the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to stay the Boiler MACT and CISWI rules.

As previously announced, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking additional public feedback and gathering more information on the final standards for boilers and certain solid waste incinerators that were issued in February 2011.

WASHINGTON -- Forty-one U.S. senators sent a letter to Lisa Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, protesting the EPA's proposed Boiler MACT rule.

WASHINGTON -- The American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) applauded the 106 members of Congress who sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson expressing their concerns about the threat to manufacturing jobs posed by EPA’s proposed Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rule.