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Comment 143 for Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation (acf2022) - 15-1.

First NameEd
Last NameWard
Email Addressed.ward@vpps.net
Affiliation
SubjectOpposition to ACF
Comment
I am writing in opposition to the approval of the Advanced Clean
Fleets rule. The most recent changes validate CARB's inability to
push Zero Emissions requirements. Vehicle Delivery Extension,
Infrastructure Delay Extension, Construction Delays Extension,
Construction Delay Extension, Site Electrification Delay. All
infrastructure extensions to onerous and detailed to be easily used
and applied. All responsibility/ reporting is put on vehicle
owners. Municipalities, Contractors, and Utilities are not held
accountable... reporting requirements should be done by the
agencies who hold power to change. 

In 2021, California had 15,859,736 private and commercial truck
registrations. According to CARB's presentations 
CARB Staff estimates that 1.8 M medium and HD vehicles are
operating in CA; of that number, 532,000 will be subject to ACF. By
2050 CA should have 1.6 M medium & HD trucks. Why is there a
discrepancy between CARB and DMV registrations?

Incentives offered are only a tiny percentage of the actual cost of
heavy-duty ZEV mandates.  ACF's requirements will cripple freight
movement in California. It will also substantially increase the
cost of goods, ultimately leaving our lowest-income families with
little hope of being able to pay for rent, food, medicine, and
transportation.

I am supportive of leaving this earth better than I found it. In my
65 years in California, I have seen the worst of air quality. We
are not living in an era of the "worst air quality" Unfortunately,
the very families we want to help will be ground zero for
hopelessness.

I request that the CARB Board reevaluate its position regarding
ACFs, and what can occur without extensions. The focus should be on
getting this done with Municipalities, Contractors, Suppliers, and
Utilities. When it works, it will simply benefit every Californian.


Respectively Submitted
Ed Ward
 

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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted 2023-04-07 15:24:56

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