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

We need to protect our whales and the environment around the
Channel Islands.  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. 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.