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Comment 506 for Amendments to the Small Off-Road Engine Regulations: Transition to Zero Emissions (sore2021) - 45 Day.

First NameChristopher
Last NameLish
Email Addresslishchris@yahoo.com
Affiliation
SubjectWe Need Zero Emission Leaf Blowers Now -- Notice of Public Hearing to Consider Proposed Am
Comment
Monday, November 29, 2021

California Air Resources Board
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Subject: We Need Zero Emission Leaf Blowers Now -- Notice of Public
Hearing to Consider Proposed Amendments to the Small Off-Road
Engine Regulations: Transition to Zero Emissions AND Public
Availability of Additional Documents and Information

Dear Chair Randolph and Members of the California Air Resources
Board,

I am a California resident and I strongly support the adoption of
new regulations that will phase out the sale of highly-polluting
gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn equipment in California beginning
in 2024.

"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity,
stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it
tends otherwise."
-- Aldo Leopold

The use of gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers in particular
causes numerous health problems, and greatly contributes to
California's notoriously poor air quality. California continues to
fail to meet national air quality standards, which means that
millions of Californians like myself breathe unhealthy air every
day.

California Air Resources Board's public health benefit analysis
determined that these new regulations, if adopted, will result in:

* $8.8 billion in health insurance benefits through 2043
* 892 premature deaths avoided
* 438 fewer emergency room visits for asthma 
* 311 fewer hospitalizations for respiratory and cardiovascular
issues

The California Legislature also appropriated $30 million for your
agency to distribute to small proprietor landscapers to help them
begin to acquire and transition to new, zero emission electric and
manual equipment. This is in addition to subsidies and buyback
programs already led by air districts throughout the state.

This regulation will improve air quality, help to slow the climate
crisis, improve human health, and save lives. Please approve and
amend the Small Off-Road Engine regulations per the staff
recommendation.

"The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it
leaves to its children."
-- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Thank you for your consideration of my comments. Please do NOT add
my name to your mailing list. I will learn about future
developments on this issue from other sources.

Sincerely,
Christopher Lish
San Rafael, CA

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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted 2021-11-29 06:58:34

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