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Scott Vineberg


January 11, 2007

Dr. Sawyer and Board members



Dear Dr. Sawyer and Board members:

As someone who has spoken out publicly about the need to remove
the toxic
chemical perchloroethylene from our environment, I am very
concerned about
the continuing use of perc in the dry cleaning industry.

My father passed away 14 years ago of metastatic kidney cancer
attributed
to perchloroethylene exposure during his career as a drycleaner.

While I want to thank you and the Board for voting last May to
phase out
this carcinogen, 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 phaseout in your current proposal, please 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 phase out perc use by
2010.

Please continue to protect Californians from the health hazards
of
perchloroethylene by adopting these measures. With California
taking the
lead, let's hope and pray the rest of the nation follows suit.

Thank you.

Sincerely,


Scott Vineberg