From:                                         Catherine Hafey <earthkeeper999@gmail.com>

Sent:                                           Saturday, June 1, 2019 11:17 AM

To:                                               RPS, DOER (ENE)

Subject:                                     RPS Class I and Class II Comments

 

DOER,

           I am writing you to express my deep concern over the proposed changes

to RPS Class I. The changes that are in process to lessen or remove the essential

core issues and requirements of the 2012 RPS bioenergy protections do not support

the direction we need to be moving toward. 

          CLIMATE CRISIS IS THE MOST UURGENT ISSUE WE NEED TO WORK ON AT THIS

TIME. THESE PROPOSALS DO NOT SUPPORT A REDUCTION IN OUR ENERGY USAGES OR

PROTECT OUR TREES OR PEOPLES. 

The following are serious actions that undermine the protections that were put in place

in 2012.

 

.  reductions in protections around facility efficiency criteria

.  increasing from 20 to 30 years the time frame for plants to show net reduction in ghg

emissions in relation to fossil fuels

.  increases in the allowed varieties of wood  -  INCLUDING WHOLE TREES

.  elimination of requirements of liquid fuels to show a real reduction in ghg

.  REMOVAL OF MA SPECIFIC FOREST HARVESTING CRITERIA

.  calculations of CO2 emissions that ignore fossil fuels used in harvesting, processing and transplant

 

WE CANNOT AFFORD TO REMOVE THE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE.

I URGE YOU TO WITHDRAW THE PROPOSED ELIGIBILITY CHANGES TO RS CLASS I AND II.

Thank you.

Catherine Hafey