First Name | Greg |
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Last Name | Rasmussen |
Email Address | pactractor@aol.com |
Affiliation | SCCA,EGCA,SANCIAQ |
Subject | Propased off-road diesel emissions regulations |
Comment | I believe that the regulations will come faster than we can keep up with. I sold 19 Caterpillar twin engine scrapers (657B and 657E) 7 of which I repowered through stste grant money to tier 1, those machines that I repowered would not be considered clean by the new regulations. I then purchased 15 Caterpillar off-road end dump rock trucks. I did this partly to try to stay ahead of the up and comming regulations. We are currently repowering the 4 oldest machines (those being tier 1) with tier 3 engines. 10 of these new machines are tier 2, and 1 is tier 3. This all sounds pretty good I have done a lot to stay ahead and to help clean the air, but with the new regulations I will only be good until 2012 then I will need to start repowering or replacing machines at the rate of 1.5 per year. That sounds pretty extreme.. They say that we need to act very quickly to save lives. I grew up in Covina, ca. from 1968 to 1991. The smog was so thick that we regularly couldn't play during recess at school or during the summer our mother would make us stay inside the house because if we played outside we couldn't breath because of the smog. We would regularly have 3rd stage smog alerts. 30 years later with the population doubled and we only have 1 to 2 1st stage smog alerts a year it sounds like we have made trememdous progress towards cleaner air. Why can't we now set a pace that is workable to all affected by these new regulations. Thank You. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2007-06-11 11:11:20 |
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