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To whom it may concern: unless ammended, the current PDE rules will
put our small timber harvesting business out off business. We own a
1994 Morbark whole tree chipper that we spent $30,000 on last year
rebuilding the engine.  We thin 500-1,000 acres of forestland each
year with this machine converting forest fire fuel to biomass
energy.  We do not have the $400,00 to replace this machine or the
$80,000 to repower it. Our company is lucky to still exist coming
off the two worst years financially we've seen since our
incorporation in 1993. If we have to idle this machine, it will
idle our business and its 13 employees.  I speak for many in our
industry that need a couple of good years before we can consider
buying a new machine. This rule in its current form will work
against our economy and our environment by shutting down operations
that are greatly reducing the risk of catastrophic fire ("the
dollar") in the name of cleaning our air of the emissions of single
engines ("the dime").  Please give us some more time to
heal....Thank you for your consideration, Mike Albrecht, President,
Sierra Resouce Management.  Sonora, Calif.