Action | Reduce and Cap Carbon Dioxide from Fossil Fuel Fired Electric Power Generating Facilities (Rev. C17) |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 3/6/2019 |
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My name is Dale Cisco and I work at International Paper Company as the Maintenance First Line Leader for the Franklin Mill. I am proud to say I have worked for this company for 22 yrs and can say International Paper is dedicated to the environment and the community.
I am writing to urge you to OPPOSE Virginia DEQ’s proposed regulation to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) because it does not clearly recognize the carbon neutrality of biomass emissions and does not clearly exempt existing industrial boilers.
Existing facilities like International Paper’s Franklin, Virginia mill rely on biomass residuals to power their operations and any such regulation that impacts that use could be costly and have adverse consequences on the mill’s operations today and in the future.
The regulation should apply only to GHG emissions from fossil-fuel combustion and not to emissions from biomass combustion. There is strong consensus that the use of biomass residuals and biowastes for energy has significant GHG reduction benefits and emissions and should not be subject to the regulation.