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

Reducing cargo ship speed can produce significant reductions in
toxic air emissions. Most people don't realize what a huge impact
the large cargo ships have on our coastal air quality.  But YOU can
take action to reduce this pollution and GHG emissions and at the
same time protect whales.

These same large cargo ships 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.