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Dear Sirs;
     We are a small family owned trucking company, started in 1951
by my father and now run by my sister and me. We employ 10 full
time and 2 part time employees.  We have 5 heavy duty trucks, 2 hay
squeezes, a small dump truck and one large JD loader.  Our
equipment ranges in age from one 1991 truck to the rest between
2000 and 2003.  We sell hay and landscape materials.
At this time our business is severely depressed due to no
construction.  If you enact the regs in the time frame that you are
proposing, we would be unable to purchase the new eq or sell the
old eq which is still in good operating condition. OUR BUSINESS
WOULD MOST LIKELY FAIL AND YOU WOULD PUT AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE OUT OF
WORK.
     WE want cleaner air and support what you are trying to do but
need more time to make the transition. The DTCC proposal would give
us the time to get the useful life out of our equipment, but with
your proposal it would make the eq worthless.
and unrecyclable. Please pass the DTCC proposal or there will only
be big trucking companies operating in Ca and most will be based
elsewhere.  Loss of the small companies will increase the cost of
everything you buy. Thank you for listening.