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The new on road diesel regulation will ruin our small business,
which employs 15 people in the economically depressed area of
Eureka.  We bought two used trucks in the past few years.  Since no
NOx filters are available to bring them into compliance with
regulations in the Sacramento or San Francisco areas, and this is
where we pick up materials to sell here in Eureka, these trucks
will become worthless.  We cannot afford to buy new trucks.  I
don’t see how it is environmentally beneficial to junk such a large
quantity of trucks.  Also, we have four local delivery trucks that
are too old to be retrofitted with particulate filters.  We pay our
employees good wages for the area and provide insurance and other
benefits.  We cannot afford to buy six new trucks in the next two
years.  These regulations will close a small business and put 15
people out of work.