Comment Log Display

May 17, 2007



Dr. Robert F. Sawyer, Chairman; Ms. Sandra Berg, Esq., Ms. Dorene
D'Adamo, Dr. Henry Gong, Jr., M.D., Mr. Jerry Hill, Ms. Lydia
Kennard, Mr. Ronald O. Loveridge, Mrs. Barbara Riordan, Supervisor
Ron Roberts and Mr. Daniel Sperling
California Air Resources Board
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA  95814
 
RE:  California Air Resources Board (CARB) Rushed Requirements
Will Hurt Our Economy!  MORE TIME NEEDED! 
 
Dear Honorable Board Members:
 
I believe in improving air quality in California, and my industry
-- the construction industry -- is fully committed to eventually
replacing older equipment with newer, cleaner equipment and
technologies.  We just need more time to do it!  

CARB's staff-recommended timeline for replacing older equipment is
not feasible.  To meet CARB's objectives in such a short time-frame
will cause an enormous impact to the state's economy and the
multi-billion dollar bond initiatives passed last November.  It
will also drive many contractors out of business entirely.  


Contractors need at least five more years to comply with the
proposed regulations.  My industry also strongly supports the
extension of the Carl Moyer Funding Program at $200 million per
year for at least another eight years (2015), and we support tax
legislation that would lessen the financial impact for contractors
which replace older equipment with newer, cleaner equipment.  



Please consider the impact on our industry and seriously consider
an extension of the compliance timeline by five years.  The added
time, plus the funding and new tax law will lessen the economic
impact on contractors and ultimately the taxpayers, homebuyers and
businesses of California. 

Sincerely, 

Valerie Blake 
1004 Hygeia Ave.
Encinitas, CA  92024