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

Cargo ships traveling at high speeds in the Santa Barbara Channel
pose a danger to mariners and marine life and produce significant
GHG and toxic air emissions that impact our coastal communities.
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. 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. 

The people in coastal communities continually make significant
efforts to protect our environment. This will assist us in this
goal.