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Dear Ms. Nichols and California Air Pollution Control District
Board Members:

I support including vessel speed reduction in your Final Plan as a
priority for funding and request Cap-and-Trade money be directed to
the Vessel Speed Reduction Initiative. 

Large cargo ships traveling off our coast produce significant GHG
and toxic air emissions that adversely impact our coastal
communities. Ship strikes also pose a threat to whales. Slowing
down cargo ships meets multiple objectives in your Draft
Cap-and-Trade Investment Plan including: reducing GHG emissions and
other air pollutants, improving public health, and better
protecting whales. 

Protecting whales should be a priority for all of us!