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Dear Ms. Nichols and California Air Pollution Control District
Board Members:

Large cargo ships traveling off our coast produce significant GHG
and toxic air emissions that impact our coastal communities. Ship
strikes also pose a threat to whales. Slowing down cargo ships
meets multiple objectives in your Draft Cap-and-Trade Investment
Plan including: reducing GHG emissions and other air pollutants,
improving public health, and better protecting whales. I support
including vessel speed reduction in your Final Plan as a priority
for funding and request Cap-and-Trade money be directed to the
Vessel Speed Reduction Initiative. 
 
i strongly support this initiative and by sending you this letter,
I want to register my support and desire to protect the whales in
our Santa Barbara Channel.  They are an important part of our
Marine Sanctuary that supports a host of marine life and
contributes to and plays an important factor in our tourist
economy.

Thank you,

Loyd Huthins