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The Honorable Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, Ca. 95814



Currently under consideration by the California Air Resources
Board (CARB) is adoption of on the road diesel truck and bus
regulations that if implemented in their present form are both
costly and ill thought out.

I as any other forward looking citizen, parent and business person
certainly want to do the best I can to protect our environment air
quality and way of life here in the Golden State. This cannot be
done however while disregarding the economic impact of the
regulations as proposed by CARB. 

The regulations proposed by CARB in the best of economic times
were both arbitrary and expensive. Retroactively requiring private
citizens to either upgrade or replace assets purchased in the
normal course of business with projected life expectancies and
depreceiation schedules was onerous at best. Moving forward with
this type of regulation in the current environment would have a
terrible effect on small business owners. 

I urge you to support the Driving Toward a Cleaner California
Coalition (DTCC) proposal that has realistic and reasonable time
frames for compliance with the new emission standards. As a fellow
republican I ask that your return to your roots rather than how you
have governed our state place the interest of the citizens and
small business people who make up the tax base before the interest
of State Bureaucracies. Thank You for your time.


Sincerely:


Curtis R Olsen, Jr.
Vice President General Manager
Olsen & Fielding Moving Services