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With the State of California going broke why is it that you are
contemplating regulations that will close the doors of many
businesses that are barely hanging on now.

Current and proposed CARB regulations will lead to reduced capa
bility to provide groundwater supplies unless modifications are
made.  The groundwater industry deals with complex geology and
hydrologic conditions thoughout the state and must utilize a wide
variety of equpment in order to develp groundwater supples for the
state's needs.  Much of that equipment is quite specialized and has
low or limited usage.  Thus the goundwater industry has much
equipment that is old (in years) but has had little usage and is
still in sound, usable condition.  Our drill rigs have very few
miles on them. There is not a rapid turnover of equipment in our
industry.

We must use a wide variety of equipment which means that
groundwater contractors must comply with a number of CARB
regulations such as the Porable Equipment Registration Program, the
Off Road Diesel Vehicle regualtions and now the proposed On-Road
Diesel Truck and bus regulation.

We support the alternative proposal from DTCC as a means to
provide flexibility in attaining improved air quality.  This
proposal offers all affected industries a number of ways to reach
improved air quality.