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The attached PDF file contains a no-nonsense analysis of the
pending regulations drafted by CARB staff on off-road diesel
engines.

While the regulation seeks to do a good thing – reduce pollution
and its associated health impacts – the current regulation is
impossible to comply with, and has severe implications on those
subject to the rule and their ancillary factions.

Owners of off-road diesel engines want to do their part in
reducing the emissions created by their equipment, but the pending
rule will crush small and minority owned companies, severely impair
public agencies, increase unemployment, reduce the number of
pending public works projects, and depress the California
economy.

It has been my experience through speaking to owners of these
off-road diesel engines that they want to be good stewards of the
air that they, their families and their neighbors breathe, but a
better approach is required - one that won't force bankruptcy or
evasion as their only choices.