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Thank you for the opportunity to express my concern with the
"Regulation to Reduce Emissions of Diesel Particulate Matter,
Oxides of Nitrogen and Other Criteria Pollutants from In-Use
Heavy-Duty Diesel-Fueled Vehicles", (Truck and Bus regulation),
title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), section 2015.

I have lived and worked in Butte County my entire life.  I am an
owner-operator of a 1989 Kenworth  Logging truck which has a
Caterpillar B-Model engine that is not compatible to the PM
requirements.  The product I haul is logs, which you may or may not
be aware is a seasonal profession.  Under the existing rule I am
allowed to work in NOx Exempt areas until January 1, 2015, at which
time I would be forced to buy a newer truck if I wanted to continue
working.  While I do appreciate the proposed revision to allow the
extension of a single truck to operate until January 1, 2017 and
the expansion of NOx Exempt areas it still does not change the fact
that I would be forced to buy a newer truck if I wanted to contine
working.  

As the owner of a single truck I have had to comply with all the
same regulations that large fleet owners do but under this
regulation I as a single owner have to comply before the large
fleet owner; this seems ridiculous and makes entirely no sense.

The requirements this regulations places on me will make it
impossible for me to continue working and force me into early
retirement; shouldn't I have the right to determine how much longer
I want to work?  This is just another example of the government
having too much authority over the lifes of it's taxpayers.

Again, thank you for the opportunity to express my concerns and
urge you to consider all the facts when determining whether to pass
the proposed revisions to the "Regulation to Reduce Emissions of
Diesel Particulate Matter, Oxides of Nitrogen and Other Criteria
Pollutants from In-Use Heavy-Duty Diesel-Fueled Vehicles".

Sincerely,

Donald P. Neher
296 Incline Ave
Oroville, CA 95966
(530) 533-8302