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Comment 42 for Informal Public Comments on the Proposed Advanced Clean Fleets Rulemaking (acf-comments-ws) - 1st Workshop.


First Name: Scott
Last Name: Alguire
Email Address: scott.alguire@usda.gov
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Subject: Fleet
Comment:
I have been working on federal fleets for 31 years. We have spent
millions to retrofit our fleets to meet the California standard.
The Air Force had hundreds of vehicle that are used a couple times
a year to support launches and we put DPFs on them to meet the
standard since these 1980s vehicles could not be reproduced for
lest than the cost of the filter systems. 

Now I work for the Forest Service. We have 5000 vehicle in
California. We pushed up the dates to replace old fire engines to
comply with the fleet rules prohibiting many of our vehicles. Next
we need to figure out how we will get low or zero emission vehicles
that can function for weeks at a time while pumping hose lays. It's
already difficult when a truck shuts down because it was idling or
failed regen while providing water to dozen of firefighters. 

I ended up in this job 10 years ago when the state cut the funding
for the school bus programs. Having a bus, now a propane/hybrid,
hauling 40 kids across town may cost the state a few hundred
dollars a day. But having 40 vehicles drive the same distance in
the traffic they create, along with the damage to infrastructure
and stress on Law Enforcement must be significantly higher.
Multiply that by 10 for every school in the state.  


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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2021-09-24 16:11:40



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