First Name | Bruce |
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Last Name | Ramsay |
Email Address | bruce_rams@yahoo.com |
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Subject | support for tighter diesel regulation |
Comment | As a person who is often in traffic, usually breathing diesel exhaust I support any tightening of emissions regulations. I note that many of the comments are from those with economic interests to protect. I hope the Board will do what it can to mitigate those economic impacts without compromising our air. The truckers and heavy equipment operators are more likely to get lung cancer than I am, so I hope they will not be too resistant to laws which improve their health and may reduce their bosses medical insurance costs. I don't believe that businesses will abandon the large market in California just because trucking is slightly more expensive. I'm surprised that truckers in California aren't more in favor since this should give them some advantage competing against firms that are not prepared to meet California standards. The automakers managed to meet California standards and never abandoned this market during all the years in which CA has had the tightest standards in the country. In my mind the worst offense is the fact that trucks have been under regulated for so long. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2009-10-12 14:33:39 |
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