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Thursday, April 6, 2023

California Air Resources Board
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Subject: Please Approve the Updated Advanced Clean Fleets Rule --
Notice of Public Availability of Modified Text and Availability of
Additional Documents for the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation
(acf2022)

Dear California Air Resources Board:

I am writing to commend the California Air Resources Board (CARB)
for accelerating its proposed 100% sales target from 2040 to 2036.
The work CARB is doing to eliminate pollution from California's
heavy and medium-duty trucks is admirable, and the climate and air
quality crises demand that you maintain this more aggressive
deadline.

Trucks make up a small portion of vehicles on the road in
California, but are the largest producer of our notorious smog
problem and pose the most cancer risk connected to pollution from
our transportation sector. Burning diesel creates one of the most
toxic forms of air pollution for human health, and is linked to
premature death, chronic heart and lung disease, asthma, and
diminished lung function in children. A delayed timeline for 100%
electric trucks will only lead to further adverse health and
climate impacts for Californians.

Californians are feeling the impacts of the climate crisis every
day, from extreme heat to rising sea levels to wildfires to
droughts. Millions of Californians continue to live in communities
that are out of compliance with federal air quality standards and
whose health suffers greatly as a result. The state must urgently
move away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy and zero
emission technologies to help address these critical issues.

Now, with the improvement of accelerating the 100% ZEV sales target
to 2036, CARB's proposed Advanced Clean Fleets rule would deliver
even greater and significant emissions reductions.

According to CARB's own analysis, the proposed Advanced Clean
Fleets rule would provide:
* Over $26 billion in additional health benefits due to greatly
reduced NOx and PM 2.5 emissions.
* The avoidance of over 2,500 additional premature deaths.
* Net economic benefits to the state of over $37 billion.
* A 58% reduction in annual GHG emissions by the year 2045.

CARB cannot miss this opportunity to combat the climate crisis and
deliver clean air to overburdened, frontline communities. Please do
right by everyone in California and bring 100% electric trucks to
our state. Finalize the proposed 2036 deadline and commit to
accelerating electrification of the remaining trucks on the road by
retiring old combustion trucks and strengthening the manufacturer
requirements leading up to 2036. Please approve this proposed
rule!

Thank you for your consideration of my comments. Please do NOT add
my name to your mailing list. I will learn about future
developments on this issue from other sources.

Sincerely,
Christopher Lish
San Rafael, CA