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I am writing in support of the California Air Resources Board
(ARB)to vote later this month on a landmark rule to strengthen
state air standards and reduce air pollution from construction
equipment, known technically as "In-Use Off-Road Diesel
Vehicles."

This new rule will:

-- Prevent 4,000 premature deaths;

-- Result in health benefits and reduced health care and
hospital visits of $18 to $26 billion;

-- Help bring the most polluted areas of the state, the Los
Angeles/Long Beach air basin and the San Joaquin Valley, into
attainment with federal air quality standards; and

-- By 2020, prevent 48 tons per day of NOx and 5 tons per day of
particulate air pollution from entering our air.

It is time for us to lead the path in environmental preservation
and change.