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Hello, I am writing this email in regards to the proposed engine
regulations for the sportfishing fleet located all thru out
California. I hope you guys can come up with proposals that the
fleet and boat owners can actually meet and comply with to stay in
business to provide their services to hundreds of passengers every
year.
It is highly unfair to be proposing regulations of tier 4 engines
for these boats, when the tier 4 equipment is not even been
manufactured and woukd not be available by the time CARB wants to
imply the regulations. If these engines and pertaining equipment
with these engines had not been manufactured and have not been
tested for safety and stability capabilities of the vessel, how can
you expect to be fair to thousands of vessel owners of this state?
It is not fair and Govenor Newsome has stated many times that he
wants Californian's to be prosperous and his goal is to have the
lowest unemployment the state has ever seen, well if these
regulations go thru and 80% of vessel owners cannot afford to build
a new boat, thousands of people will be out of work and the
unemployment rate will go up.
From what I understand also is alot of the proposed equipment is
quite larger than the current powerplants in these boats. The
proposed equipment which includes DEF Fluid tanks that would be
massive and will require refitting the boats and they will lose
some berthing for these tanks, which will require them to lose
passengers by reducing bunk space to make room for equipment. The
new tanks and equipment will potentially cause stability test and
now the Coastguard will have to take on the huge task of providing
the stability test to ensure for passenger safety.
As for the DEF fluid, I work in a industry where the trucks have
DEF fluid and when it burns off, it is very heavy, smells horrible,
and is no better than just regular exhaust of a boat.
So if the goal of CARB is too make sure we can reach zero emissions
and air quality, does the members of CARB, Governor Newsome, his
staff, every representative in Sacramento plan on giving their car,
or never flying in a plane again if they truly care about the
environment?
Hopefully you guys can come up with a solution for engines such as
tier 3 engines that alot of boat owners have been upgrading too
thru out the years.
I am concerned for the future of the sportfishing fleet and
industry which brings in billions of dollars for the state, but
that is in danger of being taken away and making a fishing trip
unobtainable to alot of citizens due to the cost being passed to
the Angler thru the cost of this equipment thru retrofit or owners
having to purchase new boats to meet regulations which woumd be
impossible when new boats will cost millions to build, alot of
these current boats are family run and have been so thru multiple
generations which is in jeopardy of going away.
Hope some more sensible regulations wl be reached and can benefit
every owner in the fleet, emoployees on the boats,, the State
guidelines, and last but not least the thousands of anglers in the
state that will not be able to afford trips if current proposed
equipment is pushed thru into regulation.
Thank you very much.