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The proposed ten year delay in implementing this requirement is
unacceptable.

35 percent of Bay Area pollution comes from non motor vehicle
mobile sources, primarily bulk carriers . Compare this to 28
percent from on-road motor vehicles.

Accordingly the single largest source of dangerous pollution,
diesel particulates , is primarily from bulk carriers, tankers. 

I live in Point Richmond where we yearly endure 400 + tankers at
the Chevron Long Wharf dock running their diesel engines to
generate  electricity.

This electricity has a twofold purpose, first to heat the petroleum
to increase its viscosity and  secondly to run their pumps sending 
it up to the refinery .

Chevron  had the opportunity five years ago to electrify its dock
during plant modernization but refused to do so.

The Air  Board has the power to, almost overnight, erase this
dangerous condition  but it is failing to do so. 

This ten year delay will add to the communities health dangers with
no justification except the convenience of the polluters .

Please require this to be done in at most the next two years.

                                                                   
                                            

                                                                   
                                            Yours truly

                                                                   
                                             Joseph Puleo