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Hello, I am a military veteran and use party boats regularly for
fishing and boating as well as my own pleasure craft.  The
California Air Resources Board has admitted that the proposed
regulations will likely remove passenger boats made of wood and
fiberglass from service. This would apply to over 80% of all boats!
If boat owners can't afford to spend millions of dollars for new
metal boats --- or you can't or won't pay twice as much for boat
tickets to pay for the new boats, boat owners will be forced out of
business.

I am concerned that as boats go out of business millions of
Californians will be denied access to the open sea and significant
economic harm will come to coastal communities that depend on
outdoor tourism. My family will no longer be able to harvest our
own food and to enjoy all the splendors of the sea!