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Hello,

My comment is to first say how much the Carl Moyer program has
helped my company, American Marine Corporation to comply with CARB
regulations.  We would not have been able to afford to cover 100%
of the cost to re-power our fleet of vessels without their help. 
We have gotten partial funding for one tug boat and 3 crew and
supply vessels in the past year and a half.  Today we have an
application in for 4 more vessels, 3 of which are crew boats with
model years of 1982.  I was told by Mark Coleman of AQMD that we
would be able to receive funding for these vessels because they
were not yet regulated under the current Commercial Harbor Craft
rule.  I had not applied for funding for them earlier, because I
thought that they were already regulated and that Carl Moyer would
not grant funding since we would not show an excess of 3 years of
surplus.  

Once I found out that Carl Moyer would fund these engines I
immediately applied in this last round of funding and am waiting
for an executed contract with AQMD.  Unfortunately, if this
amendment is passed, Carl Moyer will not grant us funding for these
vessels because we will not show 3 years of surplus since the date
of compliance for vessels with >1500 hours is 12/31/2011 and the
date of compliance for vessels with 300-1500 hours is 12/31/2012. 


Our best chance to get this funding is if AQMD can rush the
execution of our contract before the amendment is accepted, but I
am afraid that we may not get the executed contract in time.  If we
had to pay for 100% of the re-power for these vessels it would be
an extreme financial hardship.  We are concerned for the
environment and want to do everything in our power to do our part
which is why we have continued with the re-powers with the
financial support of Carl Moyer.  

Please consider my plea to potentially alter the compliance dates
so that we have at least 3 years to comply and thus can show three
years surplus to Carl Moyer or to finalize the current Carl
Moyer/AQMD contracts before passing the amendment.

I understand this is a selfish request, but we have been in
business at the Port of Los Angeles since 1982.  We provide
valuable services to the city and to our fellow businesses in the
harbor. 

I truly appreciate any help.

Respectfully,
Megan Shahnazarian