ToursX, LLC is a small company with operation is Southern
California, specifically Long Beach. The only latina owned marine
operation in the area. We offer sichtseeing Eco-tours, entertaining
while educating our passengers about water pollutions and human
impact on the marine environment.
It is with great enthusiasm that I submit this comments, hoping
that the vision of operators like me, to have cleaner emitions, can
meet the reality of the costs of achieving such vision. An
agressive agenda, requires agressive funding.
Unfortunately I have not been able to receive much funding for
our engine upgrade, currently a 25% of the cost of main engines
alone, grant from Carl Moyer, which for an operator my size implies
a large debt on the rest of the costs asotiated with this project,
Debt hard to amortize in 6 years whent time meets regulation to
scrap vessel (no Tier 4 for fiber glass)
Arbitrary regulation and funding requirements that have no
practical application, is a burdain and a waist of resources for
the tax payer and the state. Making access to funding needs to be
streamlined.
Please consider projects and funding individually for the actual
impact of each project on cleaner air; hybrid options; upfront or
gradual funding to easy into the project costs as progress is made;
repurposing or recycling of removed equipment as to avoid creating
more trash and waistfullness.
I respectfully request that CARB also includes in the board
representatives from the marine sector that have skin in the game
and can contribute thier knowledge tot he regulation.
I thank you for your time,
Best regards,
Nilda Parrado Langston