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