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PULP & PAPERWORKERS'
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Pulp & Paperworkers' Resource Council
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PAYERWORKERS INTERNATIONAL
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UNITED AFL-CiO, CLC INION
POSITION PAPERS
Clean Water
Clear Cutting
Cluster Rule
Fire Salvage
Forest Health
Private Property Rights
Endangered Species Act
American Lands Sovereignty Act
Mississippi River Heritage Corridor
Pulp & Paperworkers Resource Council
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P.P.R.C. Position Paper on Clean Water Act Reauthorization
Wood Products Industry Employees Support Good Science Approach
Act Must Ensure Viable Agriculture & Forest Industry While Providing Water Quality
Significant Progress Made Toward Maintaining & Improving Water Quality,
Forest and agricultural practices have improved substantially over the last 50 years.
More effective harvest and cropping technology continues to result in better water quality.
Improved water quality has resulted from responsible land management, not from greater regulation.
Voluntary Best Management Practices (BMP's) & Incentives Are Best.
Provide forest & crop land managers incentives to voluntarily adopt best management practices.
Cooperative partnership between states and landowners can address non-point source runoff.
Land managers are best qualified to tailer stream and wetland protection for water quality.
Prevent Broadening Federal EPA Authorities.
Exclude provisions that expand EPA authority to designate forestry as "new source" of pollution.
Forest Practices should remain State authority and not subject to rigid federal regulations. Some regions
generate insignificant non-point run-off from forest activities for which regulations would only add a cost
burden.
State forest & agricultural practices have improved in absence of EPA regulations. Allow this to continue.
Wetlands Reform Should Not Mandate Abandoning Established Forest And Crop Land
Must exclude prior converted crop land from required wetlands reform.
Commercial forest land uses should be recognized rather than locked up by federal law.
Prior use and ongcing practices take precedence, with voluntary reform encouraged by incentives.
Next Step: Wood Products Industry Employees Seek Balanced Solution from Congress.
I. Any proposed legislation should provide balance between viable industry and water quality.
II. Prevent an Act that further complicates forest and crop management with additional federal hurdles.
III. Develop reauthorization language that protects the managers ability to maintain clean water.
IV. Emphasize a program that would develop voluntary adoption of BMP's, site-specific technical assistance
and cost sharing.
The PPRC is a grassroots organization representing more than 300,000 of the nation's Pulp, Paper
Solid Wood Products and other natural resource based industries. We are people dedicated to
preserving the environment while taking into account the economic stability of the workforce and the
surrounding community.
For information contact:
Melvin Dixon, Chairman
Pulp & Paperworkers' Resource Council
2584 County Road 6
Dixon, Mills, AI 36736
Res: (334)-992-2144 Bus: (205)-459-1536 Fax: (205)-459-1570
1/31/97
Pulp & Paperworkers Resource Council
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P.P.R.C. Position Paper On Clearcutting As A Forest Harvest Tool
Wood Products Industry Employees See Clearcutting As A Sound Management Practice
Clearcutting is a tool to conduct sustainable forest management, maintain forest health, and replenish
forests that are declining, diseased, or in poor health.
Clearcutting applied by skilled professionals using current science is conducted without significant
damage to soil, wildlife, water, or ecosystems.
Ecosystems suffer when dead, diseased, and dying trees are not harvested.
Many desirable trees, including Douglas Fir, Aspen, and some oaks and pines require full sunlight to be
successfully regenerated.
Clearcutting and reforestation of trees killed by fire and blow-downs is necessary to restore aesthetic
values.
Wildlife management techniques often employ the use of clearcuts.
Prompt attention to needed clearcuts ensures a quick recovery of the land to productive use.
Dead and dying trees present a safety hazard to anyone wishing to use the forest.
Next Step: Wood Products Industry Employees Support Good Science and a Practical
Approach to Clearcutting.
I.
Clearcutting science should include species diversity and ecosystem values.
II. Forest managers need clearcutting as an option to conduct sustainable forestry.
III. Clearcutting often is the best harvest tool to restore forest health.
IV. Clearcutting methods should include the use of buffer zones by public roads when practical.
V. An ecosystem management approach should be used on all proposed clearcuts.
The PPRC is a grassroots organization representing more than 300,000 of the nation's Pulp, Paper,
Solid Wood Products and other natural resource based industries. We are people dedicated to
preserving the environment while taking into account the economic stability of the workforce and
the surrounding community.
For information contact:
Melvin Dixon, Chairman
Pulp & Paperworkers' Resource Council
2584 County Road 6
Dixon, Mills, AI 36736
Res: (334)-992-2144 Bus: (205)-459-1536 Fax: (205)-459-1570
1/31/97
Pulp & Paperworkers Resource Council
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P.P.R.C. Position Paper on Proposed EPA Cluster Rule Regulations
Wood Products Industry Employees Seek Practical Approach to Cluster Rules
Over 100,00 jobs will be directly affected by a rule that doesn't give significant
environmental benefit.
People suffer when jobs are lost and we must be certain that job losses are really
necessary to protect the environment.
The Proposed rules go far beyond what is necessary to ensure that the
environment and the public are protected.
The proposed cluster rule regulation does not recognize that there are different
processes used at each mill site, i.e. sulphite, kraft.
The time line on the industry proposed cluster rule compliance is not realistic.
Next Step: Wood products industry employees seek a more practical
approach to the cluster rule than that proposed by the EPA.
1. Categorize mills into groups of similar technological operations.
II. Ensure flexibility on achieving compliance targets.
III. Allow easing of time line for implementation.
IV. Utilize the best science available from the EPA and industry when establishing emission
guidelines.
V. Congressional hearings should be held prior to implementation of Cluster Rules.
The PPRC is a grassroots organization representing more than 300,000 of the nation's Pulp,
Paper, Solid Wood Products and other natural resource based industries. We are people
dedicated to preserving the environment while taking into account the economic stability of
the workforce and surrounding community.
For information contact:
Melvin Dixon, Chairman
Pulp & Paperworkers' Resource Council
2584 County Road 6
Dixon, Mills, AI 36736
1/31/97
Res: (334)-992-2144 Bus: (205)-459-1536 Fax: (205)-459-1570
Pulp & Paperworkers Resource Council
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P.P.R.C. POSITION PAPER ON FIRE SALVAGE OF TIMBER
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PUBLIC LANDS
Wood Products Industry Employees See Thinning and Controlled Burns As A Forest Health Management Tool.
Fire Salvage as Forest Enhancement:
Salvage of fire - damaged timber contributes to local, state and national economies.
Contributes to restoration of forests when followed by replanting.
Will aid in restoration of game habitat and restore aesthetic values much faster.
Discourages infestation from insects like the bark beetle, Douglas Fir tussock moth,
mountain pine beetle and the Douglas Fir beetle.
Salvage and thinning operations will reduce the prospect of catastrophic fires and help to reduce safety
hazards.
NEXT STEP: Wood Products Industry Employees Seek A Practical Approach to Forest Management
1. Make the salvage of fire damaged trees a high priority with the appropriate time lines to insure the
maximum recovery of trees possible.
2. Make understory management and thinning a high priority and a fully funded part of the budget.
3. Encourage the use of controlled burns as a forest management tool.
4. Evaluate current regulations regarding forest fires and limit new regulations.
5. Foresters should be allowed to apply short-term emergency solutions during severe outbreaks.
(i.e. modify constraints of appeals process)
6. Policies should utilize more site-specific, goal-oriented management rather than blanket regulations.
7. Laws should be written in a way that directly tells the foresters how to use their knowledge and tools
to maintain and manage forest health.
The PPRC is a grassroots organization representing more than 300,000 of the nation's Pulp, Paper, Solid
Wood Products and other natural resource based industries. We are people dedicated to preserving the
environment while taking into account the economic stability of the workforce and surrounding community.
For information contact:
Melvin Dixon, Chairman
Pulp & Paperworkers' Resource Council
2584 County Road 6
Dixon, Mills, AI 36736
Res: (334)-992-2144 Bus: (205)-459-1536 Fax: (205)-459-1570
1/31/97
Pulp & Paperworkers Resource Council
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P.P.R.C. Position Paper on Forest Health
Wood Products Employees Support Aggressive Forest Health Approach
Forest Health Management requirements:
Restoration of tree species best suited for site.
Prevention of unhealthy conditions.
Thinning to species composition and stand density.
Consideration of impacts of insect infestation, root disease, wildfire and actions necessary to sustain forest health
and long term productivity.
Professional and private foresters need workable management approaches and strategies to sustain forest
ecosystem values that society desires.
Encourage local public involvement in forest health decisions.
Salvage logging is useful for reducing fuel loads.
Next Step: Congress needs to act: Wood Products Employees Support Change.
Direct Forest Service to salvage dead and dying timber to reduce catastrophic losses and reestablish healthy
viable forest.
Protect the salvage program from lengthy delay by appeals and litigation.
Direct Forest Service not to deviate from fcrest plans without proper analysis, public involvement and
documentation.
Pass legislation to give the needed funding to expand the Forest Health and salvage sales. This combined with
thinning, pest suppression and fuel load treatment programs are environmentally and economically responsible.
The PPRC is a grassroots organization representing more than 300,000 of the nation's Pulp, Paper, Solid Wood
Products and other natural resource based industries. We are people dedicated to preserving the environment while
taking into account the economic stability of the workforce and surrounding community.
For information contact:
Melvin Dixon, Chairman
Pulp & Paperworkers' Resource Council
2584 County Road 6
Dixon, Mills, AI 36736
Res: (334)-992-2144 Bus: (205)-459-1536 Fax: (205)-459-1570
1/31/97
Pulp & Paperworkers Resource Council
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P.P.R.C. Position Paper on Private Property Rights
Wood Products Industry Employees
Demand A Reasonable Approach to Private Property Rights
That are affected by the Endangered Species Act
Governmental agencies need to give more consideration to the rights of individuals as property owners,
While the PPRC supports the rights of individual property owners to manage their property in a fair and
balanced manner, we also recognize that mistakes were made in the past and laws were needed to protect
the environment and personal safety of those who lived there. The PPRC believes that the current laws
are not balanced and do not adequately address the individual rights of property owners. We need to
encourage continued investment in private property and we further believe that legislation is needed to
protect our members' rights as property owners.
Governmental Laws that regulate and restrict the rights of individual property owners
Endangered Species
Wetland Rules
EPA Regulations
Clean Water
Next Step: Wood Products Industry Employees Seek A More Balanced Approach
To Private Property Rights Than Current Laws And Regulations Allow,
1. Clearly define roles and responsibilities of individuals as private property owners.
2. Insure that the condition of providing a benefit to society does not place any undue burden on
the private property owner without just compensation.
3. Recognize that an individual's property has significant and historical heritage.
4. Insert language in current laws and regulations that the government has the burden of proof in
"takings" cases.
5. Reevaluate current laws and regulations and limit new regulations that restrict an individual's private
property rights.
The PPRC is a grassroots organization representing more than 300,000 of the nation's Pulp, Paper,
Solid Wood Products and other natural resource based industries. We are people dedicated to
preserving the environment while taking into account the economic stability of the workforce and
surrounding community.
For information contact:
Melvin Dixon, Chairman
Pulp & Paperworkers' Resource Council
2584 County Road 6
Dixon, Mills, AI 36736
Res: (334)-992-2144 Bus: (205)-459-1536 Fax: (205)-459-1570
1/31/97
Pulp & Paperworkers Resource Council
AWPPW
UPIU
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P.P.R.C. Position Paper on the Endangered Species Act
Wood Products Industry Employees Support Revision
The Endangered Species Act is the most severe and least flexible of all environmental laws,
and has become a favorite weapon for attacks on legitimate economic enterprises. This was not
an original or intended goal of the act.
That endangered and threatened species should be protected is not in question. Whether or not
the ESA is a fair and effective law and includes people in the environmental equation is the issue.
Complex Environmental Regulations have insufficient federal appropriations.
Economic considerations are required prior to designating critical habitat or developing a recovery plan.
A recovery plan is the focal point of the protection of the Endangered Species Act.
Implementation of any recovery plan requires financial appropriations.
The act should be amended to make sure that the species will not be listed until a recovery plan is developed
and appropriations approved.
Next Step: Amend ESA to give equal consideration to social and economic as well as biological concerns
I. Ensure that ESA decisions are based on sound science, including peer review of listing and recovery decisions.
II. The definition of threatened and endangered "species" should be limited to those species which are biologically
unique- excluding those that are only geographically isolated from other populations of the same species.
III. Agency meetings to list or delist species should be held in the geographic area to be economically impacted.
IV. After a listing decision is made, there should be full consideration of all social and economic issues in all
subsequent steps in the ESA process.
V. Anyone who is adversely impacted because of the ESA should receive adequate compensation.
The PPRC is a grassroots organization representing more than 300,000 of the nation's Pulp, Paper, Solid
Wood Products and other natural resource based industries. We are people dedicated to preserving the
environment while taking into account the economic stability of the workforce and surrounding
community.
For information contact:
Melvin Dixon, Chairman
Pulp & Paperworkers' Resource Council
2584 County Road 6
Dixon, Mills, AI 36736
1/31/97
Res: (334)-992-2144 Bus: (205)-459-1536 Fax: (205)-459-1570
PULP & PAPERWORKERS' RESOURCE COUNCIL
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"AMERICAN LAND SOVEREIGNTY
PROTECTION ACT"
Currently, designation of United Nations World Heritage Sites and
Biosphere Reserves within the United States is done without the approval of
Congress and with virtually no Congressional oversight. Also disturbing is that
these international land designations rarely involve consulting the public and
local governments, and they give the international community an open invitation
to interfere in domestic land use decisions.
Biosphere Reserves and World Heritage Sites are under the jurisdiction of
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization( (UNESCO).
World Heritage Areas are natural sites or cultural monuments recognized by
UNESCO under "The Convention Concerning Protection of the World Cultural
and Natural Heritage." Biosphere Reserves are part of the US Man and
Biosphere Program which operates in conjunction with a worldwide program
under UNESCO. The US program operates without legislative direction and
is not authorized by Congress. Over 68% of our National Parks, Preserves
and Monuments have been designated as a United Nations World Heritage Site,
Biosphere Reserve or both. Biosphere Reserves alone cover an area about the
size of Colorado, our eighth largest state. There are now 47 UNESCO
Biosphere Reserves and 20 World Heritage Sites in the United States.
The American Land Sovereignty Protection Act of 1996 (H.R. 3752),
introduced in the 104th Congress by Congressman Don Young, Chairman of the
House Committee on Resources, required specific approval of Congress
before any area within the US. is made subject to an international land use
designation and protects the property rights of neighboring landowners.
H.R. 3752 was brought up for a vote on the Suspension Calendar on September
26, 1996 and failed to get the required two-thirds approval of those voting in a
246-178 vote. Congressman Young will re-introduce this bill in late February.
In creating a World Heritage Site or Biosphere Reserve through Executive
Branch action, the United States may be indirectly agreeing to terms of
international treaties. such as the Convention of Biodiversity, to which the United
States is not a party or which the Unites States Senate has refused to ratify. For
example, the Strategic Plan for the US Biosphere Reserve Program published in
1994 by the US State Department states that a goal of the US Biosphere
Reserve Program is to "create a national network of biosphere reserves that
represents the biogeographical diversity of the United States and fulfills the
internationally established roles and functions of biosphere reserves."
By consenting to these international land use designations, the United
States also promises to protect designated areas and regulate surrounding lands
if necessary to protect the designated area. Honoring these agreements could
force the Federal government to prohibit or limit some uses of private lands
outside the international designated area unless our country wants to break a
pledge to other nations. At a minimum, this puts US land policy-makers in an
awkward position. Federal regulatory actions could cause a significant adverse
impact on the value of private property and on the local and regional economy.
Furthermore, the underlying international land use agreements potentially
have several significant adverse effects on the American system of government.
The policy-making authority is farther centralized at the Federal Executive
Branch level, and the role that the ordinary citizen has in the making of this
policy through their elected representatives is diminished. The Executive Branch
may also invoke these agreements in an attempt to administratively achieve an
action within the jurisdiction of Congress, but without consulting Congress.
PULP & PAPERWORKERS RESOURCE COUNCIL
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PPRC POSITION ON
MISSISSIPPI RIVER HERITAGE CORRIDOR
The Pulp & Paperworkers' Resource Council opposes the designation of the
Mississippi River Heritage Corridor for the following reasons:
No specific area has been defined
The proposal includes "all lands within each county or parish that borders the
river with each state having the freedom to add more lands at will."
No proven economic value has been shown
The only "Industry" proposed in the plan is tourism.
Other language in the proposal could be detrimental to existing industries:
"As envisioned by the Commission, 14 the Mississippi River Heritage Corridor
could achieve the following objectives:
"Identify and reach common goals and visions."
"Promote the local, national and world importance of the corridor's natural and
cultural resources."
Stimulate the full potential of economic development compatible with the
environmental health of the corridor."
Loss of local control
Three "Management Alternatives" are being proposed.
Since funding is now through the National Park Service, we feel they will be
implementing the management.
Private Property Rights are at stake
"Preserve, restore, and enhance environmental, cultural, agricultural, historical,
recreational, and economic resource within the corridor."
"Improve access to and within the corridor for the use and enjoyment of its
resources."
Many of the proposals of the "Commission" are already being implemented by
private citizens and local governments.
Even "Simple Designation" could be detrimental to thousands of Americans
who live within the confines of this region.
"Simple designation" would mean simply, a foot in the door.
A MESSAGE FROM AMERICA'S UNION PULP AND PAPER WORKERS
FIX THE
CLUSTER RULE
EPA Cluster Rule data points to a balanced solution
for our environment and our economy
S
ince 1993, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
been working on the "Cluster Rule," new water and air standards
for the U.S. pulp and paper industry. The union men and women who
work in this industry believe the rulemaking must balance environmental
concerns with the needs of mill workers and their communities.
The EPA's original draft proposal could have cost thousands of jobs.
Since then, the EPA has taken a balanced approach to rulemaking.
As a result, the EPA has obtained solid evidence for developing a
rule that will protect the environment with a minimum impact on jobs,
families and communities.
Recently, the EPA published data on water guidelines for bleached kraft
and soda mills. These new data present evidence that substituting chlo-
rine dioxide for 100% of the chlorine gas used in a mill's bleaching
process achieves the same environmental protections as the approach
EPA originally intended - while costing the industry billions of dollars
less to implement.
The 100%-substitution approach will get the EPA's job done without
taking our jobs away.
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United Paperworkers
Association of Western
International Union
Pulp and Paper Workers
SUPPORT OPTION A OF THE EPA CLUSTER RULE
LET'S PULL TOGETHER
FOR OPTION A
The Cluster Rule,"ne Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing the first phase of the
new air and water standards for U.S. bleached papergrade
kraft and soda mills. The EPA has identified two technology options (Option A
and Option B) that achieve the same environmental goals, but only Option A
balances environmental concerns with economic realities.
Option A protects the environment
Our unions want sound environmental
The EPA publicly concluded that:
policy. We support Option A and an
incentives program that properly rewards
"Analysis to date demonstrates that
companies that make the investment to
Option A should be given equal
go beyond Option A's requirements.
weight with Option B as a possible basis
for the final rule "
Option A works for all of US
Option A is what the President has called
In terms of environmental benefits,
for - a policy that protects the environ-
Option A equals Option B. However,
ment while allowing for economic growth.
Option B would cost at least a billion
It is the best choice for the EPA, and it has
dollars more to implement.
earned the support of workers, our
Option A protects communities
employers and members of Congress from
and jobs
both parties.
If the EPA chooses to implement Option B,
Option A makes environmental sense
our members will face a wave of unem-
without placing unnecessary burdens on
ployment, displacement and heartache as
the men and women who work in the
mills they work in are closed and their
pulp and paper industry.
communities dismantled.
JOIN US IN PULLING TOGETHER FOR OPTION A
UNITED
United Paperworkers
Association of Western
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
International Union
Pulp and Paper Workers
and Joiners of America
*EPA Fact Sheet: Reducing Pollutant Discharges from the Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Industry - Notice of Data Availability, July 1996
SUPPORT OPTION A OF THE EPA CLUSTER RULE.
Which One Costs a
Billion Dollars More?
Option A
Option B
The Facts about EPA's Cluster Rule. In the July 15
FACT: The toxics reduction benefits of Option A and Option
Federal Register, EPA published two technology options as a
B are similar. However, Option B would cost at least a billion
basis for regulating wastewater discharges for the pulp and
dollars more - closing mills, costing jobs and demoralizing
paper industry. Here are the facts about EPAs "Cluster Rule"
the 150,000 people who work in this industry.
air and water standards:
FACT: The claim that Option B will cause hardship to only a
FACT: EPA's new data supports complete substitution of
few mills is without merit. In its notice, EPA only considered
chlorine dioxide for chlorine as the basis for Best Available
costs for the water portion of the Cluster Rule. The costs to
Technology for bleached papergrade kraft and soda mills.
meet the new air standards were not included. The economic
(This is "Option A" in EPA's notice.)
achievability of either option cannot be determined until all
Cluster Rule costs are tallied up.
FACT: No compelling environmental or health reason
FACT: We support incentives that recognize the industry's
exists for adopting Option B - oxygen delignification
record of continuous environmental improvement. Ignoring
coupled with complete substitution - over complete
substitution alone.
substantial investments already made or tying the industry to a
single technology will restrict innovation and progress.
FACT: Both Option A and Option B achieve the same
The best choice, which has received bi-partisan congressional
reductions in dioxin. In fact, even without the Cluster Rule,
support, is for EPA to adopt Option A and an incentives program
the industry voluntarily reduced dioxin in effluent below mea-
that properly rewards companies for going beyond Option As
surable levels at 98% of U.S. bleached pulp and paper mills.
requirements.
Option A - It's The Only Clear Solution.
United Paperworkers
Association of Western
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
International Union
Pulp and Paper Workers
and Joiners of America
Pulp & Paperworkers' Resource Council
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PURPOSE STATEMENT
TO ESTABLISH A GRASSROOTS COALITION
CONCERNED WITH FIBER SUPPLY, FOREST
PRACTICES, THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, AND
OUR ENVIRONMENT IN A WAY THAT PROMOTES-
KNOWLEDGE AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM, SO WE MAY
INFLUENCE LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS OUR
JOBS.
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UNITED
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AFL-C10, CLC
MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
NAME:
BUSINESS UNIT:
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
BUSINESS PHONE:
FAX NUMBER:
HOME ADDRESS:
HOME PHONE:
LOCAL UNION NUMBER (IF APPLICABLE):
LOCAL UNION ADDRESS:
US CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT YOU LIVE IN:
PLEASE INDICATE THE COMMITTEE(S)) YOU ARE MOST INTERESTED IN:
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
- EDUCATION
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
COMMUNICATIONS
IF YOU (OR SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY) HAVE SPECIAL TALENTS SUCH AS
ART, VIDEO, PHOTOGRAPHY, MUSIC, OR WRITING, PLEASE LET US KNOW
BY WRITING US A NOTE BELOW. YOUR TALENTS COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
IN ONE OF OUR ACTIVITIES.
OTHER COMMENTS OR IDEAS:
PLEASE SEND THIS APPLICATION TO:
YOUR CONTACT PERSON IS:
PPRC RECORDING SECRETARY
DONALD R. WESSON
112 SHERWOOD
MCGEHEE, AR 71654
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(501) 222-3502
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Bellingham
Orient
Anacortes
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lone
Tonasket
Port Angeles
Beaver
Slanwood
Sequim
Calville
Benners Ferry
Forks
Port Townsend
Arlington
Okanagan
Addy
Chewelah
Priest River
Part Camble
Okitown
Amanda Park
Everett
Valley
Libby
Gold Bar
Columbia Falls
Humptulips
Wellpinit
Hoquiam
Auburn
Perhastin
Post Falls
Kalispell
Tacoma
Shelton
Spekane
Couer Alene
Grabam
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Elma
Suoqualmie
Kingston
Olympia
1989 1996
Poison
Thompson Falls
Ronald
St Maries
St Regis
Dizon
MONTANA
Centralls
WASHINGTON
67 Mills Closed
Superior
Morton
4,312 Jobs Lost
Readle
Longview
49 Mills Closed In
Missoula
This Iwan
Astoria
St Helens
Spotted Owl Area
Princeton
Drummond
Klickitst
Kik River
Vancouver
Carson
Goldendale
Valla Valla
Stevenson
Bingen
Syrings
Parest Grove
Pendleton/Heth
Grangeville
Darby
1989 1996
Milvaukie
Hood liver
Sharidan
Oregon City
Tygh Valley
Valova
17 Mills Closed
Illamine
Modalls
Estacada
Mampin
Imbier
This Bird
1228 Jobs Lost
Toledo
Peder,
Silverton
Philomath
Joseph
Livingston
Lyons
Waldport
Albany
Lebanca
Poster,
Warm Springs
Baker City
Corveilis
Ideniia
North Powder
Balsey
Sweet
Home
Salmon
Madras
Swimbome
Long Creek
Dillon
Junction City
Council
Kapiston
Coburg
Springfield
Vaughn
lasper
Prinaville
Cushman
Duesne
Redmond
John Day
Gardnier
Crassvelle
-Goshen
Drain
Cottage Grove
Bend
Midvale
Toncalla
Oakridge
North Bend
Culp Ck
Sutherin
Coos Bay
Coquille
Hines
& Authony
Bandon
Norsey
Vinchester
OREGON
IDAHO
Myrtle Point
Roseburg
1989 1996
Moore
Dillard
Mountain Home
Rexburg
Clendale
127 Mills Closed
Gold Beach
Mariin
Granis Pass
Central Point
Painley
12,584 Jobs Lost
1989 - 1996
Chiloquin
Medford
99 Mills Closed In
Williams
23 Mills Closed
Phoenix
Dairy
Ashland
Spotted Owl Area
1252 Jobs Lost
Klamath Falls
.
Lakeriew
Ft Jones
Crescent City
Happy Camp
. Cedarville
ML Sharta
Alturas
Adin
Nubleber
Klamath
Burney
288 mills have closed, 24,348
Burnt Banch
Hayfork
Redding
mill jobs and over 8,000 woods
Anderson
jobs have been eliminated. Each
Fairhaven
Red Bluff
Susanville
of these primary industry jobs
0
Samoa
1989 - 1996
Alton
supports 2 or more service jobs
Carlotta
Paskents
Marysville
Quincy
54 Mills Closed
depending on the size of the community!!
Covels
Villits
Oroville
other Valley
Forest Hill
4,972 Jobs Lost
These figures only cover the period
Camptonville
Cromberg
Philo
27 Mills Closed In
Cloverdale
from 1989 - 1996. Mills have been
Grass Valley
Spotted Owl Area
closing in California since the mid
Truckee
1970's because of the environmental
CALIFORNIA
KEY
Placerville
pressure.
Wallace
Pulp Mill
Wood Products
Many of these towns have lost several
Standard
mills. Many more mills are very close
Spotted Owl Forest
to closing or have severely cut back
Antioch
manpower and production because of
the shortage of timber.
North Fork
Auberry
Scolls Valley
This includes 4 pulp mills representing a
Soledad
Madera
loss of 1,267 jobs.
MILL
CLOSURES
1989 - 1996
9-9-96
Source: Paul F. Ehinger - Eugene. Or.
Produced: PPRC Members Marvin Dugger & Jim Hood - Lewiston, Id.
SOUTH DAKOTA
Spearfish
Whitewood (3)
1989 - 1994
Hulett
Sturgis
1989 - 1994
Piedmont
9 MILLS CLOSED
Osage.
Rapid City
8 MILLS CLOSED
210 JOBS LOST
Custer
320 JOBS LOST
Afton
WYOMING
Lyman
1991 1996
Evanston
Mountain View (2)
McKinnon
4 MILLS CLOSED
Foxpark
263 JOBS LOST
Walden
Steamboat
Springs
Laporte
UTAH
Yampa
Kremmling
Beaver
COLORADO
1989 - 1994
Panguitch
Escalante
Blanding
5 MILLS CLOSED
222 JOBS LOST
Fredions
Amalia
Vallecitos
Tres Piedras
Cuba
Taos
Williams
Navajo (2)
Santa Re
Flagstaff
Pecos
Las Vegas
Grants
Heber
Albuquerque
Payson
ARIZONA
NEW MEXICO
Reserve
1989 - 1995
1993 - 1996
Williamsburg
14 MILLS CLOSED
5 MILLS CLOSED
800 JOBS LOST
548 JOBS LOST
45 mills have closed, 2,363 mill
jobs and around 800 woods jobs
have been eliminated. Each of
these primary industry jobs support
2 or more service jobs depending
on the size of the community!!
Some of these towns have lost several
mills. Many more mills are very close
to closing or have severely cut back
manpower and production because of
the shortage of timber.
Pulp & Paperworkers' Resource Council
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INTERNATIONAL
AWPPW
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PULP & PAPERWORKERS' RESOURCE COUNCIL
REGIONAL CONTACTS
MARCH 15, 1997
Western Region
Willie Strong (Director)
Joseph M. Horvath (Special Projects Director)
Washington
AWPPW Local 180
AWPPW Local
Oregon
15408 14th Avenue N.W.
P.O. Box 500
California
Gig Harbor, Wa. 98332
Walhula, Wa. 99363
Alaska
Res.
206-857-5936
Res.
509-586-6231
Wrk.
206-581-6636
Wrk.
509-545-3774
Fax
206-589-5490
Fax
509-545-3338
Rocky Mountain Region
*Jerry Klemm (Director)
Doug Dove (Special Project Director)
Idaho
Arizona
UPIU Local 712
UPIU Local 885
Wyoming
701 Burrell
27350 Nine Mile Road
Montana
Lewiston, Id. 83501
Huson, Mt. 59846
New Mexico
Res.
208-743-5450
Res.
406-626-5570
Nevada
Wrk.
208-799-1347
Wrk.
406-626-4451
Ext. 297
Colorado
Fax
208-799-1055
Fax
406-626-5986
Utah
Great Lakes Region
*Tom Isle (Director)
Dan Green (Special Project Director)
N. Dakota
Iowa
UPIU Local 164
Fireman & Oilers Local 939
S. Dakota
Ohio
5340 Dowes Road
2111 Selmser Avenue
Illinois
Indiana
Brainerd, Mn. 56401
Cloquet, Mn. 55720-2244
Minnesota
Res.
218-829-3766
Res.
218-879-3719
Wisconsin
Wrk.
218-828-5134
Wrk.
218-879-2300
Ext. 526
Michigan
Fax
218-828-5118
Fax
218-879-2360
Nebraska
Southern Pine Region
*Don Wesson (Director)
Gerry Mims (Special Projects Director)
Arkansas
Texas
UPIU Local 1533
UPIU Local 1504
Louisiana
Kansas
112 Sherwood
P.O. Box 1008
Mississippi
McGehee, Ar. 71654
East Hodge, La. 71247
Oklahoma
Res.
870-222-3502
Res.
318-259-4229
Tennessee
Wrk.
870-877-3330
Wrk.
318-259-5212
Kentucky
Fax
870-877-3360
Fax
318-259-5355
Missouri
Car
870-818-8040
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Southern Leaderhip Region
*Melvin Dixon (Director)
Bennie Dawkins(Special Projects Dir.)
Florida
UPIU Local 952
UPIU Local 1924
Alabama
2584 County Road 6
1515 Tom's Turnaround Rd
Georgia
Dixon Mills, AL 36736
Rockhill, South Carolina 29730
West Virginia
Res.
334-992-2144
Res.
803-328-1438
Virginia
Wrk.
205-459-1536
Wrk.
803-981-8484
N. Carolina
Fax
205-459-1570
Fax
803-981-8526
S. Carolina
Northeast Region
Don Barker(Director)
Patty Barber(Special Projects Dir.)
Massachusetts
UPIU Local 900
UPIU Local 5
New Jersey
204 Martin Road
R.R. 1 Box 6
Pennsylvania
Rumford, Me. 04276
Ticonderoga, NY. 12883
Maryland
Res.
207-364-8485
Res.
518-585-7859
New Hampshire
Wrk.
207-369-2618
Wrk.
518-585-5415
Rhode Island
Fax
207-369-2798
Fax
518-585-5772
Connecticut
Maine
Vermont
New York
Delaware
Special Projects Directors At Large
*Larry Reandeau
*Don Besaw
UPIU Local 1097
UPIU Local 1171
P.O. Box 731
1472 Kiev Street
Clatskannaie, Or. 97016
Springfield, Or. 97477
Res.
503-728-3149
Res.
541-746-5282
Wrk.
503-455-3270
Wrk.
541-369-2293 Ext. 1313
Fax
503-728-4820
Fax
541-741-8001
Email([email protected])
*Denotes Founding Members
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PPRC FEBRUARY 1997 "NATIONAL FLYIN"
FEBRUARY 22 THRU 28, 1997
After a Position Paper Committee meeting and a PPRC Steering Committee meeting which both
were held on Sunday, February 23; we got down to the business at hand. Monday morning, 80
PPRC members from 20 states representing 43 mills, 19 different corporations, and at least 4
different Labor Unions converged on Washington, D.C. for a week of work doing Congressional
visits to not only their respected Congressman, but to as many others that would listen to them.
We began on Monday morning at 9:00 am with a packed room at the Washington Court Hotel
where we were all briefed on the upcoming events of the week. PPRC Chairman, Melvin Dixon,
opened up the meeting with the pledge of allegiance. After welcoming everyone, he then
proceeded with the program as listed below:
Gloria Bergquist, AF&PA Director of Environmental Affairs: Gloria proceeded to give us an
update concerning the EPA Cluster Rules. She stated that the PPRC's timing for being in town
could not have been planned any better. The Cluster is a huge concern, and the enviro's are
pushing the Administration extremely hard asking for Option B to be the final ruling. They have
already met with EPA's Administrator Carol Browner, and now they are hammering on the
Administration She stated that some of the key contacts we need to make are: White House Staff,
Ron Wyden of Oregon, Patty Murrey of Washington, and all of the newly elected officials.
John Hissenbuttel, AF&PA Senior Director of Forest Resources: John introduced some of his
Associates to us who have been working real close with the PPRC. Ann McCord, Grassroots
Director, Alex Stoddard, Director Federal Relations, and Grace Terpstra, Consultant. John
proceeded to tell us the "Hot Issues" concerning Forestry at this time. He said this is the first
legitimate opportunity to reauthorize ESA that we have had. He strongly encouraged Senator
Kempthorne's Bill because it would put good, sound science back into equation. Senator Chaffee
is cosponsoring this bill, and looks very promising. He also encourage the need to get the Western
Democrats and bipartisan support of Senator Craig's Forest Health Bill New members are
absolutely critical to get on board, Enviro's are trying hard to eliminate funding for roads and
timber sales. The administration is now taking the Wilderness Society's data concerning Roads
and Timber sales cost over the data collected from the U.S. Forest Service. Congressman Charles
Taylor is interested in starting a Forest Health Bill on Congress side, and we should work hard
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trying to get members of Congress working with him on this. It should be released by the end of
March. John then encouraged us to keep up the good work that the PPRC has been doing, and to
not only focus on our "Friends" while we are in D.C., but to focus on the new and the difficult
members of Congress. It's going to take bipartisan support to get any of this done, and no one can
help get that support any more than the PPRC.
Keith Romig, United Paperworkers International Union Legislative Assistant: Keith
reiterated the full support that the UPIU is giving the PPRC. The issues of the PPRC are very
critical not only to our Industry's, Worker's, but also our Union's. "The most important issue at
this time is the Chister Rules, Cluster Rules, & Cluster Rules." These rules are in play as we
speak, and will be issued this year. If we get a bad Cluster Ruling, we will loose Industries and
Jobs. The other major concern, will be the Appropriations of Infrastructure, concerning the roads
into the National Forest, and also the cost of Timber Sales. Keith said it is very important to not
only follow up with letters to the people you will meet with, but to get our Union members to write
letters to the Administration and Congressional representatives. Remain focused on Cluster
Rules, and Infrastructure.
Bob Powers, UBCJA Legislative Director: Bob stated their were lots of animosities on the Hill
at this time. There are a lot of partisan issues concerning the representatives, but we need to
remain focused, especially when addressing the Democrats, on jobs and workers. We need to
really let them know how much these laws are affecting not only our jobs, but our communities.
John Jarvis, McGlotten & Jarvis: John said the general mood in congress is very different from
last year, and maybe any other year the PPRC has ever been in D.C. We need to not only let the
Democrats know we are speaking for workers, but also reinforce this to the Republicans. He said
he had just come back from a National AFL-CIO meeting, and that Labor will not always support
the Vice-President. The Vice-President has gotten too far extreme and labor is tired of being hurt
from some of his actions. John discussed that Congress should have a light week, which should
give us more opportunity to have better visits. He also stated that the Cluster Rule and
Infrastructure issues are the "Hot Items". We need Dave Obey, Norm Dicks, and Jack Metcalf all
on our sides when it comes to the roads issue.
Jeff Joseph, Senior Vice-President; Ogilvy, Adams, & Rinehart: Jeff put on a superb
Lobbying Tips presentation. He encouraged us to know our issues, but to remember, when talking
to the Congressman, You are the experts. You know the issues for better than any of the them,
and you know the economic impacts back home that you need to relay to them. You are not just
another statistic, but an actual human being, and it's your face they will remember should a mill
have to shutdown. Jeff encouraged us not to be bashful, stick to your issues, and you will make a
difference by being here in D.C. this week.
Don Besaw, PPRC Special Projects Coordinator: Don gave us directions as to what we should
do for the next three days. I wish to take this time to personally thank Don Besaw for all the many
hours he has put into setting up hotels and setting up over 250 scheduled appointments for
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us this week. Don, like I told you in D.C. "We love you man!" Don did describe to us how he
and Art Moreau has broken our group up into 14 different teams, and how the Team Leaders will
be responsible for making sure all the appointments are kept. No one ever realizes the amount of
work that has gone on behind the scenes, by not only Don, but many other people to make this
week a success.
After a few more housekeeping remarks from Melvin Dixon, we had a little skit or play worked up
to show how a mock interview would go. Yours' truly got to play the part of a Republican
Congressman who was upset with labor, but the group leader Kent Gibson did a superb job of
keeping his cook I would like to thank Leroy Nicholson, Kent Gibson, Bob Cochran, and Rob
Ecklund for helping educate the new members.
How the Week Progressed:
Officially we had 235 scheduled appointments with 188 being with Congressman, and 47 being
with Senators. These were scheduled appointments where many of them were with the actual
representative. We also had about 100 to 125 unscheduled walk-in meetings in which in most all
cases, we were very well received. By noon on Tuesday, it was all over the town that the PPRC
was back, and people were calling us trying to make appointments.
We also had a very impressive list of other appointments in which I will list below:
White House Deputy Chief of Staff: John Podesta
AFL-CIO: Gerald M Shea, Assistant to the President
Jane Perkins, Environmental Governmental Affairs
U.S. Forest Service: Chief Mike Dombeck
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Under Secretary Jim Lyons
Department Of State: Stephanie Caswell, Deputy Director
Robert J. McSwain, International Economist
Nick Lauderdale, Foreign Relations
U.S. Man & Biosphere Program: Antoinette Condo, Administrator
Office of Management & Budget: Sally Katzen
National Economic Council of the Office of Policy Development: Elgie Holstein
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Michael Davis, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary
Council on Environmental Quality: Kathleen McGinty, Chairman
Brian Campbell
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations: Bill Richardson
American Land Sovereignty Protection Press Release: Congressman Don Young
PPRC member Tom Isle
PPRC member Don Wesson
AF&PA Sustainable Forest Initiative Briefing: John Hissenbuttal, Senior Director
Rick Cantrell, Mgr. Forest Policy
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Landscape Management: Dr. Chad Oliver, University of Washington
Quincy Library Group: Rose Comstock, President California Women in Timber
Paul C. Harris, Western Council of Industrial Workers
Brian Dahle, Board of Supervisors, Lassen County, Ca.
Forest Health Educational Workshop: Senator Larry Craig
House Appropriations Subcommittee On Interior: Bruce Babbitt, Sec. of Interior
These were a list of meetings that I new we had in Washington, D.C. I'm sure that there were
some other meetings and appointments that I was not aware of. Listed on the next few pages,
will be a list of States, Companies, and PPRC members. If I left anyone out, I want to apologize
before hand, it is very hard to keep up with everyone!
This was by far, the best PPRC Flyin ever. With your continued support, and help, we will
only keep growing. If you have any questions concerning any of the above material, please
contact:
Don Wesson
PPRC National Recording Sec.
Southern Pine Regional Dir.
112 Sherwood
McGehee, Ar. 71654
501-877-3330 Work
501-877-3360 Fax
501-222-3502 Home
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Pulp & Paperworkers' Resource Council
WESTERN
PULP
OF GUARD RIGHTS WELL THE DEMOCRATE DEMOCRA AND
AWPPW
UPIU
UNITED INTERNATIONAL
NOINO
OF
YOUR
AFL-CIO, CLC
LIST OF MEMBERS & COMPANY'S
FEBRUARY PPRC FLYIN
ALABAMA:
James River-Naheola
Alliance Forest Products
Boise Cascade-Jackson
Melvin Dixon
Leroy Nicholson
Mike Whitehead
Byron Vice
Jerry McDonald
Leonard McHaney
Judy Kegley
Jo Long
ARKANSAS:
Green Bay Packaging
Potlatch-McGehee
Roger Hern
Don Wesson
Joe Jones
Lorretta McNeely
Charles Knobloch
Don Zamaripas
ARIZONA:
GEORGIA:
Stone Container-Snowflake
Georgia Pacific-Cedar Springs
Kent Gibson
Otis Buxton
Dawn Archuleta
James Cochran
Gillman Paper-St. Mary's
Paul Townsend
Steve Williams
IDAHO:
KENTUCKY:
Potlatch-Lewiston
Westvaco-Wickliffe
Jerry Klemm
Dale Lovett
Greg Quigley
Ron Smith
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LOUISIANA:
Boise Cascade-DeRidder
S&G Bag-Hodge
Stone Container-Hodge
Lonnie Neugent
Juanita Tyler
Walter Stringer
Milton Wisby
Lorenza Mason
Gerry Mims
International Paper-Bastrop
Crown Vantage-St. Francisville
Lynn Eppinette
Keith Toney
Randy Bowen
MAINE:
Mead-Rumford
Champion
Bowater
Don Barker
Gerald Gusey
Mike Jewers
Bill Morse
Jerry French
Fred Moore
Steve Milligan
MINNESOTA:
Potlatch-Brainerd
Potlatch-Cloquet
Boise Cascade-Int. Falls
Tom Isle
Dan Green
Rob Ecklund
Deanne Kinder
MICHIGAN:
MONTANA:
Stone Container-Ontonogon
Stone Container-Missoula
Tom Colgin
Don Serba
Doug Dove
NEVADA:
NORTH CAROLINA:
Potlatch-Las Vegas
Champion-Roanoke Rapids
Marty Olson
Joe Coyne
Tom D'Orio
NEW YORK:
SOUTH CAROLINA:
International Paper-Ticonderoga
Bowater
Patty Barber
Gene Carver
George Benton
Bennie Dawkins
Pete Thompson
Westvaco-Charlston
James Henry Fergusson Jr.
Jerry Hatcher Jr.
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OREGON:
James River-Halsey
James River-Portland
James River-Wauna
Don Besaw
Bob Olson
George Kiepke
Larry Charny
Larry Collins
WASHINGTON:
Boise Cascade-Wallula
Boise Cascade-Kettle Falls
Boise Cascade-Yakima
Larry Larson
Gary Garrison
Mike McFeeley
Ernie Horvath
James River-Camus
Georgia Pacific-Bellingham
Stone- Steilacoom
Bob Watrous
Art Moreau
Willie Strong
Robert Cochran
Billy Christie
John Wagner
Simpson-Tacoma
Weyerhacuser-Longview
Ivan Fangmeyer
Jim Hedglin
WISCONSIN:
James River-Ashland
Weyerhaeuser-Rothchild
Consolidated-Ws. Rapids
Dennis Kontny
Doug Helke
Tom Stensberg
Mark Huybrecht
Dan Jones
Charles Hutkowski
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UPIU
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UNITED UNITED INVOICE PAPERWORK
AFL-CIO, CLC
MANAGEMENT'S ROLE IN THE PPRC
Management's role in the PPRC is limited to
labor/management training seminars,
workshops, initial recruitment meetings and
labor/management informational meetings.
Since membership is defined as "hourly"
employees, management will not be involved in
business meetings, lobbying trips, or other
PPRC business functions.
This separation of the roles between labor
and management in the PPRC is critical to the
success of this grassroots organization.
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UNITED
STATE
AFL-CIO.
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February 12, 1997
United Paperworkers
International Union
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20501
Dear Mr. President:
Association of
Western Pulp
And Paper Workers
Since 1993 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been working
on new air and water discharge standards known collectively as the "Cluster Rule" for
the pulp and paper industry. Over this length of time, we and many of the 150,000
union men and women employed in this industry have worked to make you, the EPA
and members of Congress aware of the fact that this rulemaking must balance
environmental concerns with the needs of mill workers and their communities.
The EPA's original draft proposal for the rule could have cost thousands of
jobs. However, since then the EPA has taken a more balanced approach to this
rulemaking. In July 1996, the EPA published new data on two technology options for
final guidelines for the water discharges of bleached paper grade kraft and soda mills
based on the best available technology.
These new data present evidence that substituting chlorine dioxide for 100% of
the chlorine gas used in a kraft or soda mill's bleaching process achieves the same
environmental protection as the approach EPA originally proposed. In fact, in the
public notice the EPA stated that complete substitution of chlorine dioxide (Option A)
should be given equal weight with oxygen delignification coupled with complete
substitution of chlorine dioxide (Option B) as a possible basis for the final rule.
No compelling environmental or health reason exists for adopting Option B -
oxidation delignification coupled with complete substitution - over complete
substitution alone. Both Option A and Option B achieve the same reduction in dioxin.
In fact, even without the "Cluster Rule" the industry has since 1985 voluntarily reduced
dioxin in its effluents below measurable levels at 98% of all U.S. bleached pulp and
paper mills.
The toxics reduction benefits of Option A and Option B are virtually identical.
However, Option B would cost at least $1 billion more, closing mills, costing jobs and
demoralizing the tens of thousands of union members who work in this industry.
Last summer the EPA requested public comments to help it select one of the
two options as the basis for the final rule. Comments from our members have
supported Option A. We have enclosed for your information copies of more than 2,700
comment letters from our members. In addition, members of Congress from 31 states,
including members of the delegations of 17 states, wrote to the EPA in support of
Option A.
United Paperworkers International Union
P.O. Box 1475
Nashville, TN 37202
Association of Western Pulp And Paper Workers
1430 S.W. Clay
P.O. Box 4566
Portland, OR 97208-4566
February 7, 1997
The President
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Furthermore, we support incentives that encourage the industry to reach and
maintain a record of continuous environmental improvement. We call upon you to
support an incentives program that properly rewards companies which make the
investment to go beyond Option A's requirements.
The EPA has stated its intention to finalize the water guidelines for bleached
papergrade kraft and soda and papergrade sulphite mills along with the MACT I and III
air standards by early 1997. For over three years the "Cluster Rule" has been discussed
and analyzed. The best choice, which has received bipartisan Congressional support, is
for EPA to adopt Option A. We ask you to support the promulgation of Option A soon.
Sincerely,
LanDyaung
Lenard
Boyd Young
Lenard Roberts
International President, UPIU
President, AWPPW
cc: Vice President, Albert Gore
Carol Browner, EPA Administrator
Kathleen McGinty, Chair, President's Council on Environmental Quality
INTERNATIONAL
UNITED PAPERWORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
VALITED AFL-CIO,CLC HOWE
BOYD YOUNG
International
President
March 3, 1997
Robert Perciasepe, Deputy Administrator
Office of Water
U.S. EPA
401 M Street SW
Washington, D.C. 20024
Dear Mr. Perciasepe:
It seems some confusion has developed as to whether or not the United
Paperworkers International Union (UPIU) fully supports Option A of the EPA Cluster
Rule for the water emissions from the bleached-kraft segment of the pulp and paper
industry. This confusion is unfounded.
The UPIU fully supports Option A-100% substitution of chlorine dioxide for
chlorine gas with no mandate for oxygen delignification or extended delignification-as
the best alternative for both the environment and for jobs. We agree with the EPA's
analysis last July that Option A would provide substantially the same environmental
protection as Option B, while costing $1 billion less to implement. We believe Option A
could save thousands of jobs which might be lost to Option B.
Sincerely,
Los young
Boyd Young
cc:
President William J. Clinton
Vice President Albert Gore, Jr.
Kathleen McGinty, Chair, President's Council on Environmental Quality
Carol M. Browner, Administrator, U.S. EPA
Brad Campbell, Associate Director for Toxics and Environmental Protection,
Council on Environmental Quality
INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS: P.O. BOX 1475
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37202
TELEPHONE: (615) 834-8590
FAX: (615) 834-7741
-SAMPLE LETTER-
INTERNATIONAL
UNITED PAPERWORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
AFL-CIO,CLC UNION
sent to over 140 memb ers of congress
BOYD D. YOUNG
October 21, 1996
International
President
The Honorable J. Bennett Johnston
D-LA, United States Senate
136 Hart, Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
RE: EPA Cluster Rule
Dear Senator Johnston:
As I am sure you are aware, the EPA is on the verge of issuing the final version of its Cluster
Rule for the water emissions of bleached kraft mills. As you also know, these mills have been the
subject of intense controversy much of which is in our view unwarranted, particularly given the
enormous strides this industry has made in the last ten years to clean up its air and water emissions.
On July 24, delegations consisting of UPIU and other union members came to see many of
you in your offices in Washington. This is part of an ongoing effort to help the EPA avoid enacting
a regulation which could cost this one segment of the industry billions of dollars and could result in
the loss of as many as several thousand of our members' jobs.
The EPA has proposed two options on the cluster rule for these mills and asked for
comments in support of each view. Option A, that favored by the UPIU and by most of the industry,
would require mills to eliminate the use of chlorine gas for bleaching and substitute chlorine dioxide
in its place. Option B would require an additional oxygen delignification or extended delignification
step. The complex additional technologies required for Option B would cost approximately one
billion dollars more than Option A without doing anything more to clear up our waterways, and we
believe could close mills resulting in the loss of perhaps hundreds if not thousands of jobs. To us,
a lost job is a lost family. Even one lost job concerns us.
I understand that subsequent to our members' visits your office took action to let the EPA
know that you favored the adoption of Option A. On behalf of the 250,000 members of the UPIU,
I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to you for doing so. You have taken a brave step on behalf
of thousands of working people. It is appreciated and will be remembered next month.
Please do not hesitate to contact my office if I can be of further assistance.
Sincerely,
Boyd Young
International President
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the resource base of the industry in order to preserve jobs and communities.
PPRC members have taken action to fuel the debate over the viable balance between
preservation of natural resources and the jobs and communities dependent on those
resources. That debate had been skewed in an anti-industry direction. PPRC members
are working to inform the public of the big strides made by the industry to preserve the
environment. The PPRC and other UPIU members are determined to present that case
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for as long as necessary until the industry's survival in the U.S. is assured.
In late 1993, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its first draft
of the cluster rule to regulate air and water discharges of every pulp or paper mill. That
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proposal would have mandated process changes that might have run as high as $10
billion over the three years of the rule. The UPIU sent letters to President Clinton and
formal comments on the cluster rule draft to the EPA. UPIU members sent several
thousand letters to the EPA. In addition, industry representatives and outside scientists
sent the federal agency exhaustive technical critiques of the entire draft which pointed
out that the technology did not exist at the time to comply with the rule.
As a result of this labor-industry group's work, the EPA rethought much of the first
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draft and began issuing proposed final drafts last year of the cluster rule. The agency is
issuing the new draft in stages. The new versions were substantially improved. The
portion of the rule which is of direct concern to UPIU members is water discharge
regulations from bleached kraft mills.
Although workers and the PPRC have done a great deal to moderate the cluster rule,
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more must still be done. The EPA is considering two options for this water discharge:
one, Option A, requiring every bleached kraft mill in the U.S. not already having done
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so to convert its bleaching process from chlorine gas to 100% chlorine dioxide; or two,
Option B, favored by environmentalists, a requirement that each bleached-kraft mill
add an oxygen delignification or extended delignification step in addition to converting
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wenty-five years ago, many of the complaints that the pulp and paper industry was
to chlorine dioxide. The UPIU supports Option A, since Option B would cost over $1
dirty no doubt were justified. That was 25 years ago. Since then, the U.S. pulp and
billion and an unknown number of jobs. The EPA's decision on the two options is due
late next month.
paper industry has spent tens-of-billions-of-dollars to filter and reduce the waste from
its production processes.
The American Forest Congress convened last year in Washington, D.C., holding
Nevertheless, many people, ranging from honest but misguided environmentalists to
only its seventh congress since 1885. These meetings have set the broad outlines that
cynical real estate sharks selling the condo-life over good-paying jobs, have continued
control U.S. forest policy since that time. Many anticipated the debate last summer
to attack the industry.
would be highly-skewed against commercial forestry. But more than 100 PPRC
members took up the challenge and registered as delegates. At the two-day meeting,
Even those who claim a commitment to jobs assert that total chlorine-free bleaching
they used their personal experience of America's forests to lend balance to the confer-
(TCF) is a magic bullet that will end the industry's environmental problems. They
ence proceedings. The final documents issued by the conference took a moderate tone,
ignore the enormous capital costs of the transition to TCF, increased overall costs
and clearly showed the impact of the union members' work.
leading to higher prices, and the fact that there still is not a substantial market for TCF-
produced products in North America. Indeed, the only producer of TCF kraft pulp in the
U.S.-chronic environmental and labor law offender Louisiana-Pacilic Corp.-is
forced to sell its TCF product in Europe.
Fortunately, UPIU members and other union members working in forest products
industries nationwide joined together a few years ago to form the Pulp & Paperworkers
Resource Council (PPRC). The PPRC is a group of workers concerned about preserving