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As a small business owner of an Equipment Rental Business, I am
concerned about the  regulations that have been implemented and
that are proposed.  We will be forced to close our business if we
have to pay high fees to register our equipment and/or purchase
new equipment.  In a small town, we have been able to remain in
business by buying used equipment and keeping it well maintained. 
However, it is all older and does not meet your proposed
regulations.  We cannot afford to buy brand new equipment, and
still make a profit to live on.  Some things only rent seasonally,
other things on a regular basis.  This may force many business to
sell old equipment and then none of it will be worth anything at
all, so we lose again.  There must a happy medium that can protect
the air quality and yet let us remain in business.  Between your
program, DMV fees, Insurance premiums, OSHA, State Compensation
rates and fuel prices, we are in danger of no profit and closing
our business.  I thought California was trying to make the state
business friendly.  It does not seem like it to a small business
in a small town in the Sacramento Valley.  Please consider all the
implications of your proposals, not just the huge contractors and
jobs that have unlimited resources.
Thank you
Louis Davies, Corning Rentals, Corning Ca.