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The Merced Alliance for Responsible Growth wishes to go on record
as strongly opposed to the Air Pollution Control District's
recommeded extreme non-attaiment status for the 8-hour EPA ozone
standard. At stake is the health and well-being of our citizens.
It is irresponsible to contend that for reasons of impracticality
and expense we must defer ozone compliance until 2024. Strategies
and technologies are available now to greatly reduce ozone in the
Valley and reach compliance by a much earlier date. If a plan to
defer to 2024 is adopted, we are concerned that the pressure will
be off all of us--residents, businesses and legislators--to attack
the ozone problem with the resolve that is warranted under these
dire circumstances. 

Would we tolerate a similar situation with regard to the water we
drink?

Will talented workers and their families be sttracted to
high-paying jobs in the Valley if our air remains so compromised?

We urge the Air Resources Board to reject the San Joaquin Valley
Air Pollution Control District's 2024 compliance proposal at the
CARB meeting on June 14, 2007. 

Thank you.