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  Seconded, Maineguy. To my knowledge (and believe me, I've heard plenty about this in the last two months), Verso and IP were the only companies even doing it in 2008. Most of the industry got going in 2009. In addition, you should check out the comments made on the bill in 2006, which okayed this mix for uses other than transportation, which include recovery boilers, even though it wasn't intended originally in 2005. And our emissions are just fine, thanks, like they were before this all started.

  You're also making it sound like the evil Big Paper Industry is one single entity intent on sucking the lifeblood out of poor little victimized, gold-hearted Congressman and everyday working stiffs. We're not getting paid in one lump sum; it's a different amount for every mill, which are owned by plenty of different companies. The ones who stand to benefit the most are independent mills, and the money is being used to keep people working. A lot of people in the paper industry have had reservations about how moral this is, but the paperwork is in order, the EPA and IRS both signed off on it and are well aware what's going on. It's allowing mills to keep paying everyday workers in across America, and that's not a bad thing.

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