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Trip to Capitol Hill is highly productive – CRI President
06 Mar '10
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Home Furnishings Tax Credit
- Short-term credit to stimulate consumer spending on home furnishings.
- Examples: carpets, other floor coverings, mattresses, paint and wall coatings, etc.
- Necessary for the retail, distribution and manufacturing sector.
- Can something like this fit into the job legislation?
Climate Change
- CRI supports VOLUNTARY system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Innovate, don't regulate.
- CRI is exceeding Kyoto standards for greenhouse gas emissions.
If a mandated, "cap and trade" system is to be implemented, CRI requests the following provisions be included:
- Any federal program should pre-empt state level emissions programs.
- Provisions that ensure foreign economies do not gain an unfair advantage due to lax standards - need a level playing field.
- Credit for early action MUST be included.
- Legislation should pre-empt EPA from adding additional regulations.
Recycling is a natural follow-on to Climate Change
- CARE - Goal of recycling 40% of all carpet through market-based solutions.
- Again the housing market and the auto market have had an affect on the amount of carpet being recycled; a slowing economy means a slowing recycle rate.
EPA Coal Fly Ash Regulations
- EPA is preparing y to issue a finding on Coal Fly Ash.
- CRI believes and hopes findings will be restricted to wet disposal of coal fly ash.
- Coal fly ash is used in carpet backing for several beneficial uses.
- If EPA goes beyond what CRI believes is its current plan, negative consequences are likely.
Extended Producer Responsibility Laws at the state level
- CRI is concerned about the trend in States to enact EPR legislation for products other than hazardous materials.
- Short-term credit to stimulate consumer spending on home furnishings.
- Examples: carpets, other floor coverings, mattresses, paint and wall coatings, etc.
- Necessary for the retail, distribution and manufacturing sector.
- Can something like this fit into the job legislation?
Climate Change
- CRI supports VOLUNTARY system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Innovate, don't regulate.
- CRI is exceeding Kyoto standards for greenhouse gas emissions.
If a mandated, "cap and trade" system is to be implemented, CRI requests the following provisions be included:
- Any federal program should pre-empt state level emissions programs.
- Provisions that ensure foreign economies do not gain an unfair advantage due to lax standards - need a level playing field.
- Credit for early action MUST be included.
- Legislation should pre-empt EPA from adding additional regulations.
Recycling is a natural follow-on to Climate Change
- CARE - Goal of recycling 40% of all carpet through market-based solutions.
- Again the housing market and the auto market have had an affect on the amount of carpet being recycled; a slowing economy means a slowing recycle rate.
EPA Coal Fly Ash Regulations
- EPA is preparing y to issue a finding on Coal Fly Ash.
- CRI believes and hopes findings will be restricted to wet disposal of coal fly ash.
- Coal fly ash is used in carpet backing for several beneficial uses.
- If EPA goes beyond what CRI believes is its current plan, negative consequences are likely.
Extended Producer Responsibility Laws at the state level
- CRI is concerned about the trend in States to enact EPR legislation for products other than hazardous materials.
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