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When I learned about this proposal, I knew I had to write and
address what has become one of the worst problems my family faces
when vacationing in California.  It is the effect of wood smoke. 
If you are a person who likes wood smoke, or profits from it, then
you are externalizing the real cost of the pollution and will want
to continue to discharge your waste this way.  But for most of us
it is the clean healthy air that makes California the outstanding
place that it is and worth the expense and effort of traveling
there to visit and vacation.  On our last trip, whenever we would
encounter wood smoke we had to move on.  It is just so offensive
and unhealthy.  If your proposal is to just lower the amount, then
this is no answer.  You should not allow anyone to pollute the
clean air.  There is no safe level of wood smoke, and it ruins the
natural experience for residents and guests alike.  California is
outstanding and we want to visit there often, but we observed a
clear degradation of the air during our last visit.  Won't you take
the lead and move to zero-tolerance for wood smoke pollution.  As
with the initial resistance by smokers to indoor clean air,
everyone will benefit once they have had the opportunity to
experience the beauty and healthfulness of the clean California
air.  Thank you.  Gerald Hasselbrink