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My husband and I are residents of downtown San Diego, along with
40,000 other people. The cruise ships dock extremely close to our
high-density neighborhood and the pollution caused when the ships
are not connected to shore power is toxic. The ships contaminate
the whole downtown, but are especially dangerous for residents in
the half-mile radius of the terminal, including the high-density
populations of Columbia, Marina and Little Italy Districts, with
high-rise condominiums, apartment complexes and hotel.  Over 1400
hotel rooms are across the street from the ships and any residents
are literally one block from the cruise ship terminal, a distance
of about 800 feet. 

We don't believe CARB is considering the proximity to the
residential population in its rule making. A one size fits all
scenario for rule-making does not work since the health and welfare
of thousands of people is being put at risk. The San Diego cruise
ship terminal is very different than LA's and should be treated
differently.

We are happy that ships in fleets will be required to connect to
shore power Jan. 1, 2021 but we want EVERY ship to meet this
requirement with no exceptions, at the San Diego cruise ship
terminal.The cruise lines have had years to convert their ships.

Maintain the current time frame standards, or make them even
tougher, to connect to shore power. One hour after the ship dock is
acceptable. Changing this connection time to 2 hours after "Ready
to Work is unacceptable. Vessels and the Port need to make sure
that the connections are maintained and labor is available to
connect one hour - please do not lowers standards.

San Diego's Port Authority allows cruise ships to re-engage their
engines 1/2 hour before leaving the berth and should be continued.
Every hour the cruise ships are allowed to pollute downtown, puts
our health at increased risk.

For the Port of San Diego to meet the connection requirements
already proposed, it needs money to build the additional
infrastructure to provide a second connection to shore power.
Please provide the resources to make this happen before January 1,
2021.

Sincerely,


Janet and Alan Fox