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     In regards to the upcoming vote on the In Use Off Road Diesel
regulation I urge the board to consider postponing it's  vote to
allow more time to determine the most responsible way to achieve
CARB's desired emissions reduction.  
     The regulation as currently written clearly does not take
into consideration the actual economic effects to contractors in
the state of California.  Our company is more than willing to
cooperate with the emission reduction goals set forth by the
regulation, however those goals are not best attained by
contractor's going out of business because they cannot afford to
comply.  
     Our company has been in business for more than twenty years. 
We have built our business one piece of equipment at a time and
like many others have all of our equity in the equipment we own. 
This regulation will force us to either over extend ourselves
buying newer equipment, our reduce our fleet size by retiring old
equipment.  The latter move would reduce our capacity and
eliminate jobs.  Attempting to buy new equipment is no less
frightening an option with the outlook of construction pointing
toward a long overdue recession.  
    I urge the board to consider postponing the adoption of this
regulation and amend it to take a more responsible approach, also
allowing time for more developemnt of emission control technology
as well as the developement and production of tier 4 engines.