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Comment 129 for Informal Public Comments on the Proposed Advanced Clean Fleets Rulemaking (acf-comments-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Greg
Last Name: C.
Email Address: gac37@hotmail.com
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Subject: We Must Clean Up Harbor Boats
Comment:
Harbor boats - including ferries, tugboats, barges, and more - fuel health and cancer risks in California’s port-side communities. In fact, just one sportfishing boat produces the equivalent exhaust of 162 diesel school buses! Just like cars and trucks, boats need to use the cleanest available engines and ultimately move away from fossil fuels in order to combat climate change and protect public health.
The technology already exists to make it happen. By shifting to zero emission and cleaner engine technologies, the new protections will cut carcinogenic diesel particle pollution from harbor craft by 89 percent and will cut smog- and particle-forming NOx by more than half by the end of 2038, resulting in an estimated $5.25 billion in public health benefits between 2023 and 2038, and avoiding hundreds of premature deaths and hospitalizations.
California's Air Resources Board must vote to require that all short run ferries in California be zero-emission by 2026; mandate cleaner engine upgrades for tugboats and workboats; and create options for all other regulated vessels to either upgrade to cleaner diesel or choose a zero-emission compliance pathway.
Thank you.
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2022-03-21 15:49:11
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