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To Whom it may concern,

It has been brought to my attention that California Fishing fleets
and Charters will be mandated to upgrade their engine fleets to
Tier 4 final. I am very familiar with this process as I come from
the construction equipment world and have been down the road of
moving from Tier zero to Tier 4 Final. At this time, I would ask
the powers to be pushing this initiative to be thoughtful and
mindful of the state of these fleets. Last year was detrimental to
the industry as Covid had the industry completely shut down hurting
the bottom line. To take a direct hit with upgrading engines to
Tier 4 requirements is a cost impact most fleets cant handle.
Please consider options that take the end user into consideration
before you take away someone's livelihood. A slow introduction and
approach to engine emissions is understandable, but to move to an
immediate resolve would be devastating to the industry. I sincerely
hope my comments are taken into consideration. 

Thank you
Joel McCabe