First Name | Andy |
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Last Name | Recalde |
Email Address | arecalde@donchapin.com |
Affiliation | ORIAG member |
Subject | Off-Road diesel regulations |
Comment | Hello, My name is Andy Recalde I am a lifetime California resident, taxpayer, and a registered voter. I am employed as the Equipment Manager for The Don Chapin Co. Inc. a family-owned general engineering contractor that has been working in the Monterey Bay Area since 1978 that currently employs 230 fellow Californians. I am a member of the CARB Off-Road Implementation Advisory Group known as ORIAG. I believe that I was selected because of my 25 years of experience with diesel powered on and off-road equipment management. Here is a list of concerns that should be addressed before any further decisions are made by the Air Resources Board regarding the on or off-road diesel emissions regulations. 1. Compare the assumed quantity and horsepower of all diesel powered equipment affected by the regulations to the actual numbers now that we have actual data due to all of this equipment having been registered. You have the correct information at your disposal now, please use it appropriately. 2. Compare the actual emissions output for each engine family that you have in your records with the CARB minimum requirement standards. You’ll find that the engine manufacturers have been building engines that run cleaner than required. CARB staff used the minimum standards in all their calculations which does not reflect the true diesel emissions output in California. Here again you have a huge database with very accurate information. 3. Terminate Mr. Hein Thanh Tran’s employment with CARB and hire a legitimate panel of scientists to review Mr. Tran’s estimated premature deaths due to fine particulate matter that the new diesel regulations used for justification. 4. Adjust and change the on and off-road diesel regulations to reflect the new accurate data that has been collected. Thank you |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2009-12-09 08:24:33 |
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