Structural Concepts Calls for More Oversight of Regulatory Agencies
ARLINGTON, Va. — In a testimony before the House Small Business Committee, Viktor Anderson, chief engineer for Structural Concepts, a Muskegon, Michigan-based commercial refrigeration manufacturer, said that, if left unchecked, the inability or unwillingness of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to coordinate rulemakings and coalesce around energy-efficiency and environmental goals will “devastate” the industry.
Anderson noted DOE rulemakings setting new energy-efficiency levels for commercial refrigeration equipment and EPA rulemakings on allowable refrigerants being issued irrespective of one another will cause small businesses such as his to spend inordinate amounts of money and time to comply. Anderson stated his company is to the point where “we could potentially be redesigning our products every two to three years for more than 12 years in a row.”