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Dear Mary Nichols, Board Chairman, CARB,
 
According to the Environmental Defense Fund,of which I am a part,
the following three issues are important to California's future
and to the groundbreaking efforts to fight global warming:

1) A well-designed cap-and-trade program is needed. Cap-and-trade
puts an absolute limit on pollution from some of California's
largest sources and guarantees the environmental results needed.
CARB needs to include as many sources as possible in a
cap-and-trade system.I support CARB's preliminary thinking that
80% of California's global warming pollution would be under a
cap-and-trade system by 2020.

2) An "Indirect Source Rule" (ISR) to control emissions from
development projects is needed. What is an ISR? Developers measure
indirect (mostly vehicle and energy use) pollution from
construction and operation of projects and ensure that equivalent
reductions occur so the project's impacts are limited.
CARB needs to require California's local air districts to develop
ISRs to control emissions from new developments.

3) We need a new Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) to increase
clean energy in our state. An RPS is a requirement that a
percentage of all energy sold in California be generated from
renewable sources (solar, wind, biomass, etc). California's
current RPS target is 10% by 2010.I support CARB's preliminary
recommendation that the state immediately adopt a 33% RPS by
2020.

Please include these ideas in the Draft A.B.32 Scoping Plan.

Sincerely yours,

Margie Tannler 
Oceanside, CA