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To Whom It May Concern,
I feel it paramount that I convey my concerns over the proposed
amendments to the CHC regulation. Privately owned charter fishing
crafts ARE NOT the problem in this case. These are in most cases
small family run business that provide for fun family style
adventures. Large commercial cargo vessels are the polluters. I too
desire to protect our environment for future generations,
Government is once again refuses to take on the larger problem in
hopes to make a statement about "helping" the environment while
ignoring the 800 lb. gorilla in the room. If government is
successful in changing engine requirements and essentially either
shutting down an industry and or pricing most people out of the
market, the powers to be will once again fall back on the phrase of
"unintended consequences" to a time honored family style adventure
that many of us grew up enjoying. I urge ARB to realize that small
businesses are not the big problem in this case and need to rethink
that first the technology, which is asked for to gain compliance,
is really not even in existence and will be far from affordable
when it is intentionally available!! The ARB MUST take a long
approach to these desired regs and get their minds in the proper
place to address BIG business polluters.