Official Board Market - September 4, 2010

AF&PA SAYS

Rule Could Affect Jobs, Close Mills

A new study conducted by Fisher International says almost 17,000 jobs would be lost at pulp and paper mills due to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Maximum Achievable Control Technology rule for industrial boilers (Boiler MACT). The ripple effect on the supply chain and local communities could explode the total jobs lost to nearly 72,000.

“The job losses shown in this study are grim indeed, and it
crystallizes the potential impact of the Boiler MACT rule for our
industry,” says AF&PA President and CEO Donna Harman.
“The proposed Boiler MACT rule would destroy jobs in our in-
dustry at a time when policymakers are rightly saying we need to
preserve and grow manufacturing jobs. EPA has a choice – they
can regulate in a way that protects both jobs and the environ-
ment, or they can regulate in a way that sacrifices jobs.”
The Boiler MACT jobs study shows the proposed Boiler
MACT rule, taken incrementally to other air regulations, would
likely cause 30 mill closures. Total jobs losses across the economy
would be much higher, since the pulp and paper industry is just
one of many sectors to be regulated by the rule.

The rule is so stringent that it could create serious disincentives for the use of renewable energy and be unsustainable for the forest products industry, the AF&PA says.

“We recognize the necessity of eliminating hazardous pollutants like mercury from our communities, however as EPA proceeds with setting MACT standards for industrial boilers, it is critical that they do so in a way that is sustainable to the jobs of the more than 200,000 men and women employed in our nation’s pulp and paper industry,” says United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo Gerard.

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