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Dear CARB,
  I have provided information in the past at the hearings held at
the Sacramento EPA Building. The concern regarding the airing of
"hot" tires versus tires which have had enough time to cool still
has not been addressed. Also Auto Body repair facilities continue
to be exempt from this regulation. As the facilities dealing with
vehicles which have been involved in accidents and in many cases
have sat for weeks at a a time, tire pressure must be checked for
not only the environmental impacts but also for the safety of the
drivers. To continue to exempt them is ridiculous. Finally, to
create a regulation which would subject auto repair facilities to
fines and penalties while not holding consumers to those very same
standards is not fair. 
  Suggest ARB consider scraping this regulation in favor of adding
a simple requirement to any organization providing auto service to
check and adjust tire pressure. The only exception would be when
tires are worn or damaged to the extent they are not safe. At that
point, the consumer should be given a written notice to be signed
by them, and a report given to the local police authority.

Thank you for this consideration.