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Dear Ms. Nichols and California Air Pollution Control District
Board Members:

I live in Santa Barbara and large cargo ships traveling off our
coast produce significant GHG and toxic air emissions that impact
our coastal communities. Ship strikes also pose a threat to whales.
I spend time every year watching our resident and transient whales
and know many tourists come to town to do the same thing. They are
not only inherently valuable as great creatures of the sea, but
also provide a tangential value to our community.

Slowing down cargo ships meets multiple objectives in your Draft
Cap-and-Trade Investment Plan including: reducing GHG emissions and
other air pollutants, improving public health, and better
protecting whales. I support including vessel speed reduction in
your Final Plan as a priority for funding and request Cap-and-Trade
money be directed to the Vessel Speed Reduction Initiative. 

My thanks,
Alyssa