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To whom it may concern,

The Littlerock Town Council supports the ARTC's and AVAQMD's air
monitoring proposal under the CAPP program.

Since 2014, it has been noted by the Los Angeles County Health
Department that the community of the Antelope Valley has the
highest account of COPD, child asthma, and other breathing related
conditions. We know that there are several industries in our region
that create dust across the entire valley and so this is a
condition that we all share. When we looked into who was monitoring
our air we found out from the AVAQMD that there was only one system
that was being used and that it was located in the middle of the
City of Lancaster which does not equally represent the conditions
that are found in the outlining desert community. 

The townships of Littlerock, Sun Village, Pearblossom, Llano, and
Lake Los Angeles all reside within the Antelope Valley Community
and reside down wind of several industrial rock quarries. The dust
that they produce has been a very big concern for us.
   
The ARTC's and AVAQMD's air monitoring proposal would provide
sensors that could be placed in and around the areas where the
heaviest activity might be suspected for a true and accurate
account of the particulates in the air that we breathe.  
We truly hope that the ARTC's and AVAQMD's air monitoring proposal
will be accepted in order to identify where the troubled areas are
and classify them so that we can address ways to control the matter
over time. 

Our request was very reasonable, we were denied as much smaller
communities who do not have as bad of a problem asked for a lot
more and are receiving it!

We ask that you reconsider. Please study the data of AB617
Community Selection Factors. I'm sure that you will note that the
Antelope Valley Community scored much higher numbers in most of the
selected factors than the 5 other communities who received grants.

It is of the upmost importance that we get to the bottom of our air
quality issues, your support for our community needs would be
highly valued.

Many thanks in advance.

     
Very truly yours,


Jeffrey W. Hillinger
Littlerock Town Council
Antelope Valley Community