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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> John Ackerly <<a href="mailto:jackerly@forgreenheat.org">jackerly@forgreenheat.org</a>>
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<i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#555544">Confidence in wood stove testing program shaken in wake of Alaska and NESCAUM expose</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#555544"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#363636">Richard Wayland leads the nation’s <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.65pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#555544">On Tuesday April 5 the EPA published letters that they sent to wood stove testing labs, announcing that they were embarking on a historic
review of certification paperwork, similar to the examination that the state of Alaska had begun.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#555544"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.65pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#555544">The <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.epa.gov%2Fburnwise%2Fepa-approved-test-labs-and-third-party-certifiers-residential-wood-heaters&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cf54a2bfc5ff241eb67d008d8f9c18ca8%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637533956981530013%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=g3nDcvBMhJkwZ2%2BO6qeJCrsgQlnogDPREnoX2fQ9iQ4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#954F72;text-decoration:none">publication
of the letters</span></b></a> appears to have been prompted by a freedom of information request from a reporter, who got access to the letters hours before the EPA published them.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#555544"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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