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Dear CARB Board Members:
Please consider the financial impact of the diesel engine emission
standards you are considering adopting for the California
Sportfishing industry. Many sportfishing boats are owned by very
small businesses. Case in point, the boat I fish from frequently is
owned by a husband and wife. The regulations you are considering
will require replacement of engines and related systems in these
vessels. The feasibility and cost of these changes to an existing
vessel will force owners to scrap their existing vessels and
purchase new ones. This would drive costs to their business that
will not be supported by anglers like myself. 
The sportfishing industry in California is small and it's hard to
believe the emissions impact from their vessels warrants these
financially impactful regulations. The sportfishing industry is
recovering from COVID shutdowns and I believe these regulations
will force many of these vessel owners out of business. 
 Please consider these impacts when you discuss the proposed
regulations. It would be far more practical if you considered
applying these regulations to only new vessels purchased and
operated in California. Over time you would accomplish the same
results without impacting these existing small businesses.