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Here I am just 6 months after the passage into law the in use off
road diesel regulation, staring into the jaws of another similar
regulation that is going to directly impact my company. We are a
general engineering contractor that owns 70 pieces of off road
equipment covered under the off road regulation.  We also have 12
on road trucks (water trucks, dump trucks, and low beds)that will
be impacted by this new regulation.  I have spent the last 3 years
spending $1 million dollars per year on off road equipment
replacement and retrofitting in order to get a jump on compliance
for the off road regulation.  I have not had the money to deal with
the trucks yet and it's looking like I am not going to have it due
to the economy and the current construction contracting market. 
Once the on road regulation is passed into law, in any form, I will
have 82 pieces of machinery governed by California's excellerated
and costly regulations.  I am also dealing with a tanking
construction market that is not going to provide the work or
revenue required for me to even keep up with these regulations.  

I have 38 employees that are all well paid, have family plan
insurance, 401K, profit sharing, and a bonus program.  Some or all
of these employees are going to lose their jobs so that I can stay
in business.  Others are going to lose at least some of thier
benefits.  I am also going to get rid of equipment because I can no
longer affort to retrofit or replace it.  I will have a smaller on
and off road fleet, less employees, and less flexability to remain
competative.  These regulations were difficult to deal with in a
good economy.  I fear that it will be impossible to cope with under
current economical conditions.
CARB and the supporters of these regulations are going to force us
further into a downward spiral in the economy with these costly and
abrupt regulations.

People and Companies that own this equipment just cant take all of
this right now.  It's just going to kill us.  I am pleading with
CARB and the Governor to provide us relief through delaying the
onset of these regulations and lengthening the time frames to allow
us to accomplish compliance with them.