Dear Members,

The California Air Resource Board (CARB) has stated that /perhaps/ their diesel emission regulations are creating a hardship on California business. In an effort to determine if this is true, they are asking businesses to participate in a public workshop to discuss the impacts of reduced economic activity on emissions from vehicles subject to the in-use on-road heavy-duty diesel-fueled vehicle regulation.

Hank de Carbonel will be attending the workshop on December 3^rd and will report to CARB on the impact of the regulations to the pumping industry. In order to assist Hank with his report, he would like some information from California owners of concrete pumps.

1) What percentage is your business down from previous years and what is the outlook for next year

2) How many employees do you currently employ and how many have you lost due to lack of work 3) How many pumps do you own and what is their current value compared to previous years

4) How have your costs increased ie: fuel, parts, taxes and other services

5) How hard is it for you to stay in business in California and the impact your business has on your community

6) Briefly describe your financial situation There is no need to provide your name or company name unless you are
willing to share this information publically. It does not need to be fancy, profane or phony - just plain and simple facts.

Please send your replies to either Hank, hankdecarbonel@sbcglobal.net
<mailto:hankdecarbonel@sbcglobal.net> or myself,
Christi@concretepumpers.com <mailto:Christi@concretepumpers.com> and I
will forward to Hank. /All replies will be held strictly confidential./

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I talked to a friend the other day and he tells me at the 1st of the year all class 8 vehicles reguardless of home base have to pass Cal emmissions test.

Say what you will about CA, but the air is much cleaner in the LA area now than it was 30 yrs ago. What was once the smoggiest place in the nation is no longer due to stringent controls on auto, truck and factory emissions. The ships in both Long Beach and San Pedro harbors can't have a lick of smoke from the stacks while in port. I really dislike seeing a truck going down the freeway with smoke billowing from the stack. Whether it's a pump, straight or semi truck, it makes us all look bad. While I doubt there is a connection, even if CARB rules have a slightly negative affect economic activity here, I like my air clean and our beaches oil free.

Many this will not  effect me in Tennessee the EPA sits on the side line  here and does nothing.

"might" be causing a hardship? Thats quite the understatement. I recently had an employee of CARB at my yard to inspect units, and he had no idea what he was looking at, how our equipment operates, etc... He made me pull up EVERY JOB TICKET for the past year on all out CARB units. Wasted a bunch of money/time all in the name of ??

I'm curious biged. How would you describe the quality of air in Tennessee. I'm pretty sure that you guys like clean air as much as any other state.

Correct me if i'm wrong (not).There's the epa and then the cal emissions laws.The epa sets national standards,then there's the extreme (cal).