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The California Air Resources Board has a history of creating
regulations and mandating changes before the technology is
available for those changes.  
Now it becomes evident that some of those regulations have been
created, because of information that has been compiled by someone
that does not have the proper credentials.  Even if the information
is good, it is tainted by the fact that the person that compiled it
had lied about their credentials.  
If that person lied about their credentials, it is possible that
they lied about some of the information.  
That will only be known if all of the information is reviewed or
recompiled by someone with the proper credentials.  Meanwhile the
regulation in question should be suspended until the information is
fully review and verified.
If the study overseen by Hien Tran did not include the research
that shows that Natural Gas emits fine particulates, that are known
to go deeper into the lungs, then the study is faulted.  Even if
the particulate matter from Natural Gas has not been linked to lung
cancer, it may cause other ailments.  I find it strange that CARB
has allowed a district (SCAQMD) to push and mandate Natural Gas, if
there is any question about the safety of that fuel over any other
fuel.
SCAQMD, in conjunction with the Airpot Commission at LAX have
forced all of the car rental agencies to changes their shuttle
busses to Natural Gas.  I know that shops that work on Natural Gas
fueled vehicles must work on them outside.  Has anyone taken into
account that the shuttle busses at LAX are operating in a covered
area that can cause a concentration of the fine particulated from
Natural Gas, and what long term effect that might have on the
people that work the curbs at the terminals?
CARB must make certain that ALL pertinate data in included in any
of their studies, and that the people associated with those studies
have the proper credential.
CARB also needs to make sure that the technology necessary to
implemant the changes required by a regulation are in place before
the regulation is published.