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The proposal places restrictions on small population rural areas
within the boundaries of counties that contain clusters of large
populations in the other areas of those counties.  When this bill
first arose, I attempted to contact the air resources board to
request how a water company could receive a variance, or an
adjustment on the several pieces of diesel driven equipment that
serve the water company operations.  No answer!  We are located in
the farthest north location of Sonoma County.  Very sparsley
populated, yet with the total population of Sonoma County, it
appears that we do not qualify, and will need to seek funds for
purchasing equipment to meet proposed BMP's with BAT's.  To the
immediate North is Mendocino County, and at last look with only
95,000 population in the total county, that county is not
apparently subject to the same requirements of our location.  So
how does a water company that is governed by the Public Utilities
Commission ask for rate increases for such expenditures that will
be used for servicing the water company operations?  I have spent
previous years in the South Coast Air Basin, communicating with
Tom Quinn, and then Govenor Jerry Brown, and I can see the need in
the populated areas, but really why would such requirements be
necessary on the north coast within a precise unit development
which inherently limits population growth by its own design?  So
perhaps if these regulations are adopted, the ARB could be a bit
more responsive to inquiries of sensible nature, and not place
another costly budgetary item on a water company in an area that
still allows rural open burning due to its remoteness and light
population density.  Thank you for the opportunity to comment. 
Randy H. Burke,MPH, REHS, Director of Works, The Sea Ranch Water
Company, The Sea Ranch, California