First Name | Michael |
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Last Name | Albrecht |
Email Address | mikealbrecht@mlode.com |
Affiliation | small business owner |
Subject | Portable Diesel Engine Rules |
Comment | To whom it may concern: unless ammended, the current PDE rules will put our small timber harvesting business out off business. We own a 1994 Morbark whole tree chipper that we spent $30,000 on last year rebuilding the engine. We thin 500-1,000 acres of forestland each year with this machine converting forest fire fuel to biomass energy. We do not have the $400,00 to replace this machine or the $80,000 to repower it. Our company is lucky to still exist coming off the two worst years financially we've seen since our incorporation in 1993. If we have to idle this machine, it will idle our business and its 13 employees. I speak for many in our industry that need a couple of good years before we can consider buying a new machine. This rule in its current form will work against our economy and our environment by shutting down operations that are greatly reducing the risk of catastrophic fire ("the dollar") in the name of cleaning our air of the emissions of single engines ("the dime"). Please give us some more time to heal....Thank you for your consideration, Mike Albrecht, President, Sierra Resouce Management. Sonora, Calif. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2010-11-23 14:50:04 |
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