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Dear Dr. Sawyer and Board members:

I am very concerned about the use of the toxic chemical
perchloroethylene (perc) in dry cleaning.
I want to thank you and the Board for voting last May to phase out
this carcinogen. Your action will help protect the cleaners,
customers and our neighborhoods.

I am writing you with three requests that will strengthen your
current perc phaseout proposal:

1.	People should not be exposed to perchloroethylene. Instead of
the 15-year phase out in your current proposal, speed up this
process to a 10-year phaseout. 
2.	One alternative to perc dry cleaning causes smog. This is why I
am also asking you to phase out new systems that use hydrocarbon
solvents.
3.	To provide immediate protection to those who need it most,
require perc dry cleaners within 300 feet of residential zones,
schools, medical facilities or other sensitive areas to be phased
out by 2010.

Please continue to protect Californians from the health hazards of
perchloroethylene by adopting these measures. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Yolanda Santoyo