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Letter-writing campaign hopes to extend proposed EPA MP&M guidelines
April 2, 2001 |Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
Letter-writing campaign hopes to extend proposed EPA MP&M guidelines The US Environmental Protection Agency has estimated that seven PWB Facilities would be forced to close under proposed EPA Effluent Guidelines for Metal Products and Machinery (MP&M). An additional 301 facilities are expected to have difficulty financing compliance investments or ongoing business investments as a result of the rule. EPA has estimated the total annualized cost (in 1996 dollars) of the recently proposed effluent guidelines for PWB facilities to be US$147.1 million for the PWB industry or slightly over a quarter million dollars per facility.
CircuiTree magazine is spearheading an effort to request that the EPA implement an extension on its proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on metal products and machinery (MP&M) effluent guidelines. If, after reading the open letter below, you are interested in sending a letter to the EPA, please click on the links provided.
supplier lettermanufacturer letter
(download PDF letter for supplier, manufacturer)
March 13, 2001
An Open Letter to All PWB Suppliers and Manufacturers
The printed wiring board industry needs your help.
The Environmental Protection Agency has targeted the PWB industry with its proposed metal products and machinery (MP&M) effluent guidelines. If these rules become law, the health and perhaps even the survival of our domestic industry is at risk while public health will not necessarily improve at all. Moreover, the cost of implementation is excessive (approximately $250,000 per average facility in equipment and operating expenses) and could reap serious economic hardship on nearly half of the facilities in our industry.
EPA held four hearings where the public could offer testimony on the proposed guidelines. PWB manufacturers presented scientific data refuting EPA's less-than-empirical conclusions. They did an excellent job arguing the scientific side. Now, it's up to us to support their facts.
CircuiTree wants to send 1,000 letters to the EPA imploring them to stop these politically correct but industry damaging environmental safeguards. EPA must know that the PWB industry stands united against its proposed rules and demands empirical evidence if is to be further regulated. Though you may not have empirical evidence to offer, your voice must be heard. We cannot let the federal government threaten the viability of our industry, especially its many small businesses.
At IPC Expo, we will supply addressed, stamped envelopes. All you have to do is come by Booth 2249 and sign a form letter. If you have some time to spend, sit down at our computer and personalize your letter with your specific facility information.
If we can send 1,000 letters to Washington, D.C., it will show EPA that the data they've received refuting their guidelines are supported by taxpayers throughout our industry. Don't let bureaucrats decide our future for us. Join the fight against these guidelines and protect your future before it's too late!
Thank you for supporting this initiative and I hope to see you at Expo.
Sincerely yours, Steve Gold PublisherCircuiTree