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As a resident of downtown San Diego, I appreciate the opportunity
to comment on the proposed control measures for vessels at berth in
San Diego harbor. Our tourist industry (including the cruise ship
passengers) is important to us, but of course we are in the
somewhat unusual position of having many residents who live very
close to the harbor, so we also need to address pollution issues
associated with the visiting cruise ships.

I am in favor of requiring ships in fleets to use shore power 100%
of the time; concerned about exempting cruise lines that don’t come
in more than 4 times/year, as I understand that contributes
significantly to pollution in the area.

I am also concerned about increasing the time after docking to
berth to connect to shore power, particularly since the total time
(including the time to get clearance) can be considerably longer
than 2 hours.

I understand that our Port has only one connection to shore power,
and it certainly seems like we need a second in our infrastructure.
I understand that is a real complicating factor, especially given
the financial impacts of the ongoing pandemic. Are there plans (and
budgeting) in the works to do this?

Again, thanks for the opportunity to comment.